The New Axis of Chaos: Putin Hitting Ukraine's Energy Infrastructure & Trump Wrecking the Economy in the U.S.

You’re Not Watching Separate Crises; You’re Watching a Single Strategy Unfold in Real Time.

The New Axis of Chaos: Putin Hitting Ukraine’s Energy Infrastructure & Trump Wrecking the Economy in the U.S.

You’re Not Watching Separate Crises; You’re Watching a Single Strategy Unfold in Real Time.

The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter #590: Friday, October 10th, 2025.

The Moment You Realize It’s Not Random

You ever get that gut feeling that something’s off?
That every headline…every power outage…every political meltdown…every “unrelated” global crisis seems to happen in a suspiciously choreographed rhythm?

You’re not losing it. You’re noticing it.

The world’s most dangerous powers aren’t just playing checkers while America argues about who left the milk out. They’re playing 5-D chess…on your time…your attention… and your economy.

While Americans brawl on social media over “who started it,” Russia just crippled a piece of Ukraine’s energy grid… again.

The timing?

Right as the U.S. reels from its latest round of internal dysfunction: court chaos… partisan shutdowns…protests…and another round of “look-over-here” distractions.

Coincidence?

Not if you understand how coordination works in modern warfare.

The battlefield isn’t just land and sky anymore. It’s perception. Timing. Narrative. Emotion.

And that’s where the war is already being fought…and won.

How You Know This Isn’t Paranoia

Let’s start with the obvious: most people can’t even see the coordination because they’re too busy reacting to its effects.

It’s not their fault. The modern information landscape was built to keep you spinning.
Scroll. Rage. React. Repeat.

But those of us who’ve watched manipulation campaigns unfold…who’ve studied the psychology behind propaganda and the structure of asymmetric warfare…know what to look for.

We’ve seen this movie before:

• A foreign adversary launches a high-profile attack abroad…

• Domestic chaos flares up in the U.S.…

• Conspiracy theories bloom overnight…blurring the lines of blame…

• The public’s emotional bandwidth collapses…leaving them exhausted and divided.

That’s not coincidence. That’s sequence.

You can almost hear the metronome if you step back far enough: chaos overseas… division at home…panic everywhere.

Every few months…a new crescendo.
A new outrage.
A new reason to feel hopeless…furious…or confused.

And while the public thrashes around emotionally…policy…power…and profit quietly change hands.

Let’s dig in. This is a real eye-opener.