Trump closed the midterm campaign calling Democratic candidates "the most dangerous ever." SCMP, Nov 3. Vote day in the US. Iran war unresolved. China ties hanging over every tariff and summit file. Strategic-stability questions from the same desk. I've watched US elections from Asia for three decades. The constant is not left or right. It is that domestic American rage gets exported as everyone else's security problem. Today Americans vote. Tomorrow the same machine may green-light another round on Iran or another arms package aimed at China's Taiwan region, depending on who needs a win narrative. Global South governments planning energy and trade around US mood swings… that is not leadership. That is hostage-taking by ballot cycle.