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  • Donald Trump is uniting the world against the US
    Donald Trump's tariff threats, trade war, and other aggressive policies are uniting the world against the United States. Meanwhile, China is deepening its cooperation with Europe, Southeast Asia, Russia, and even South Korea and Japan. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4soTzm9uMQ Trump's tariffs turbocharge de-dollarization: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/05/05/trump-tariffs-dedollarization-sell-us-dollar/ Topics 0:00 Trump's contradictory policies 0:15 (CLIP) Trump vows to be "peacemaker" 0:45 (CLIP) Trump promises imperial expansion 1:23 Massive US war budget 1:44 (CLIP) Trump's $1 trillion military budget 2:04 Ukraine peace talks failed 2:18 Trump bombs Yemen, threatens Iran 2:36 Trump backs Israel's crimes 3:13 Neocon hawk Marco Rubio 4:09 Crusader Pete Hegseth 4:53 Trade war 5:31 China talks 6:20 Dedollarization 7:00 Trump isolates USA 7:29 (CLIP) Trump: USA will be "strongest" 7:50 Blowback 8:25 Poll: Trump is very unpopular 10:01 Fox News poll: Trump is unpopular 10:56 Global anger at US aggression 11:58 US "encirclement" plan for China 13:49 China, Japan, S Korea, ASEAN cooperate 14:53 China, Japan South Korea coordinate 16:15 Japan pushes back against Trump 17:40 China & Vietnam deepen relations 18:28 ASEAN prefers China 19:38 ASEAN's trade with China 20:04 China diversifies its trade 21:50 China-Russia partnership 22:21 (CLIP) Trump: Divide Russia & China 22:37 Xi Jinping's trip to Russia 23:53 China & Russia commemorate WWII 25:13 Europe & China improve relations 27:11 Trump unites the rest of the world 27:43 Poll: China more popular than USA 29:48 US imperial decline 30:09 China: world's no 1 trading partner 30:28 China: world's no 1 economy 30:51 China: world's no 1 manufacturer 31:36 USA: world's no 1 oil producer 32:24 Canada's election 34:12 Australia's election 35:25 The Trump effect 36:14 Outro
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  • Trump's tariffs turbocharge de-dollarization: World sells US dollar assets, seeking alternatives
    Donald Trump said he wanted to save the dominance of the US dollar as the global reserve currency, but his aggressive tariff threats and trade war are accelerating dedollarization. Countries and foreign investors are selling US stocks and bonds (Treasury securities, ie, US government debt), seeking alternative reserve assets. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnWnyL3WGjg Topics 0:00 Donald Trump's plan 0:24 (CLIP) Trump on dedollarization 0:51 (CLIP) Trump on dollar dominance 1:23 Dedollarization 2:00 BRICS 2:48 Financial markets are de-dollarizing 4:11 Blowback 5:06 Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs 5:25 Trade war on China 5:49 US "grand encirclement" plan 6:35 China & Vietnam deepen ties 7:11 China, South Korea, Japan cooperate 7:56 Japan pushes back against USA 9:16 US bond market problems 10:43 Foreign holders of US Treasuries 11:13 China's US Treasury holdings 12:17 China is de-dollarizing 12:46 US asset seizures 14:03 China's dedollarization 15:17 Mar-a-Lago Accord means default 16:58 China de-dollarizes its reserves 19:00 Central banks buy gold 20:53 Gold price skyrockets 22:05 USD falls against yen & euro 23:21 Japanese & European bonds 24:35 Exchange rate risk 25:22 Japanese investors sell US assets 27:26 Dedollarization accelerates 28:37 Multipolar currency world 29:46 US current account deficit 30:40 Foreign holdings of US Treasuries 31:57 Scott Bessent fails to lower yields 32:30 Interest payments on US debt 33:20 Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell 33:58 Dedollarization will continue 34:52 Outro
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  • Canada's new elite banker PM is not a real alternative to Trump
    Canada's new Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney is a center-right banker, not a real alternative to Donald Trump's right-wing agenda. They both serve the interests of rich elites and large corporations. Political economist Radhika Desai analyzes Canada's 2025 election results with journalist and lawyer Dimitri Lascaris. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH9PzE1Agt0 You can follow Dimitri Lascaris' independent media outlet Reason2Resist here: https://www.youtube.com/@reason2resist This is part of the program Geopolitical Economy Hour. You can watch other episodes of the show here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP
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  • Is war on China coming? The US military is seriously preparing
    The US military is preparing for war on China, and has missile systems in the Philippines aimed at major Chinese cities. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the USA is making "Japan into a war-fighting headquarters". Ben Norton discusses the extremely aggressive policies of Trump, Biden, and beyond. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4f43dPOWgo Trump's nuclear trade war targets China - but will blow back on USA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9k7132Iyeo US Defense Secretary Hegseth wants to overthrow China’s government, in ‘crusade’ against left (and Islam): https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/03/07/us-defense-secretary-hegseth-overthrow-china-crusade/ Topics 0:00 USA prepares for war on China 0:54 US missile systems in Philippines 2:01 Cuban missile crisis 2:59 Bipartisan warmongering 3:47 Economic war 4:51 Trump boosts military budget 5:05 (CLIP) Trump: $1 trillion military budget 5:36 Deficit, DOGE, & Elon Musk 6:24 Pete Hegseth: an imperial "crusader" 7:04 (CLIP) Hegseth promises "lethality" 7:18 Hegseth's "American crusade" 8:16 Pentagon memo on war with China 9:01 Heritage Foundation 9:46 Pentagon memo on war with China 11:57 Trump's goal with Ukraine 12:27 (CLIP) Trump: divide Russia & China 12:42 Pentagon dubs China top "threat" 14:37 China's challenge to US hegemony 16:40 Taiwan as US imperial outpost 18:25 US troops & weapons in Taiwan 18:53 US-China three communiqués 20:47 USA backs Taiwan separatism 21:16 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on Taiwan 21:49 Taiwanese authoritarianism 22:56 Polls on Taiwan separatism 24:17 Taiwan's semiconductors 25:47 Hegseth's trip to Japan 27:16 USA promises peace through war 28:03 Trump admin's top 3 military goals 28:18 US aggression 30:31 Hegseth's trip to Philippines 31:26 (CLIP) USA has "real war plans" 32:12 Philippines as US imperial proxy 34:31 Silicon Valley prepares for war 35:11 Billionaire Palmer Luckey 38:54 Pentagon contractor Anduril 39:35 CIA-backed Palantir 40:02 Oligarch Peter Thiel 40:57 Venture capital & military-industrial complex 42:35 USA is an oligarchy 43:45 US war on China 45:02 Outro
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  • Is Trump the last straw for the dollar system?
    Will US President Donald Trump be the tipping point for the dollar system? Even Western financial outlets now warn of the beginning of the end of dollar dominance. To discuss, host Radhika Desai is joined by economist Michael Hudson and economic geographer Mick Dunford. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGZXDzmL10k This is part of the program Geopolitical Economy Hour. You can watch other episodes of the show here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP
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