The last sentence is the scary part. That's like saying "I had a dream that I would kill a bunch of infants so I took my rifle into the maternity ward of the local hospital." Millions of people can die over This fatalistic theory that was created by an amateur historian.
It is simply cycle theory. I am sure that there are many traders on this site that use some sort of cycle theory. That is all it is. Did you read that the author primarily has liberal fans?
I read that. That doesn't matter to me. But for a random guy in power to actively pursue a fatalistic philosophy that can cause destruction of the world is scary. This guy helped put boots on the ground in Yemen. He sees the world as Islam vs Christianity and he's pursuing a conflict to create chaos. Like the joker in Bateman, He might actually relish in a dirty bomb blowing up LA because it furthers his chaos belief.