He was right about a number of things and he is fun to watch. Where he goofed is failing to understand that the world is no longer a horse race, that the west, europe and asia are too intertwined now. He used Asia and europe as a hedge, hoping they would win the game as if it were like football. It is no longer a football game, it is more like cycling, where the team needs and uses each other. I’ve reached three sports analogies and that is the limit.