Geopolitical Economy Report

It has become so widely accepted that the US lost the war with Iran that now even American neoconservative hawks admit it. Ben Norton explains why major neocons like Robert Kagan and Bill Kristol have turned against the war. They lament that Iran's victory reflects the decline of the US empire and the transition to a more multipolar world order.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrlXNHSCfoQ

Topics
0:00 USA lost war with Iran
1:47 Poll: war is unpopular
2:42 Media admits USA lost
3:32 Iran still has most missiles
4:39 Iran withstands US blockade
5:21 Iran destroyed US bases
6:03 US hawks admit the truth
7:25 Neocons and PNAC
9:13 George W Bush admin
9:55 Neoconservatism
11:30 Rise of Donald Trump
12:00 Hillary Clinton
12:44 Victoria Nuland
13:41 Coup in Ukraine
15:29 (CLIP) US-backed coup
16:14 US "checkmate" in Iran
17:05 Decline of US hegemony
18:26 Iran has major leverage
19:22 US defeat
20:34 Neocons abandon ship
22:14 Poll: Americans oppose war
22:44 Poll: Americans say US lost
23:30 Crisis of US imperialism
23:57 Outro

Donald Trump said his visit to China was a success, but he failed to pressure Beijing to make any significant concessions. Ben Norton fact-checks the claims of the White House, showing how Washington's trade war backfired, hard, on the US economy.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtuYVMrXmAM

Topics
0:00 Trump's visit to China
0:41 US trade war
2:01 The trip was a failure
3:17 CEOs of US corporations
4:24 Iran & Strait of Hormuz
7:42 Trade & investment
9:14 Rare earth elements
11:58 Trade war failure
12:42 Boeing airplanes
13:52 Agricultural products
15:05 Nvidia & chips
18:19 USA failed
20:05 Trump's empty threats
20:35 Problems in US economy
22:38 Outro

Donald Trump took a trip to China to meet President Xi Jinping. He was joined by the CEOs of a dozen top US corporations, including billionaires Elon Musk, Jensen Huang of Nvidia, Tim Cook of Apple, Larry Fink of BlackRock, and Stephen Schwarzman of Blackstone.

Ben Norton explains how Beijing won the trade war that was started by Washington, how China has significant leverage (in manufacturing, supply chains, critical minerals, and rare earths), and how the US economy is in a very bad state.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7MnTzKOANg

Topics
0:00 Trump's visit to China
0:27 US trade war backfired
1:25 Trump joined by top CEOs
1:56 Elon Musk
2:20 Jensen Huang of Nvidia
2:47 Tim Cook of Apple
2:58 BlackRock and Blackstone
3:22 More CEOs with Trump
4:17 US CEOs meet Xi Jinping
5:31 USA is an oligarchy
6:23 China's massive market
6:57 Nvidia lost Chinese market
8:02 China's self-sufficiency drive
9:15 Manufacturing superpower
10:50 Tesla EVs made in Shanghai
11:25 US tariffs on Chinese EVs
12:21 China has the upper hand
13:00 US trade war
14:42 China-US trade
16:08 Rare earth elements
17:07 Critical minerals
18:18 New supply chain efforts
18:59 Pax Silica
19:41 Why US rhetoric changed
20:40 Iran war
22:51 US sanctions on China
24:20 Inflation in USA
25:41 Trump is very unpopular
26:33 K-shaped economy
27:25 Inequality
28:05 China exported deflation
29:31 US tariffs boost inflation
30:27 China in stronger position
31:07 Outro

Donald Trump claims Iran has been "militarily defeated", but many reports have come out showing this to be a lie. Tehran destroyed the majority of US military bases in West Asia (aka the Middle East), and Iran still maintains most of its missile capabilities.

Meanwhile, experts estimate the USA's war against Iran will cost $1 trillion.

Ben Norton reviews the evidence, showing how Washington is clearly losing this war that it started.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_wC4KuEcWI

Topics
0:00 US government narrative
0:23 (CLIP) Trump: Iran is defeated
1:20 Reality: USA is losing the war
2:34 Reviewing the evidence
4:34 Iran destroyed US bases
5:37 US troops expelled from region
6:54 US military bases in rubble
7:37 Donald Trump lied
8:11 USA running out of missiles
9:33 War will cost $1 TRILLION
10:38 Iran still has most missiles
12:38 US government is lying
13:05 Saudi Arabia gets cold feet
14:00 Huge economic damage
15:44 Gulf "safe haven" myth
16:28 USA is losing the war
18:04 USA failed to achieve goals
19:57 Outro

Donald Trump boasted that the US government acts "like pirates", seizing Iran's ships and oil. "It's a very profitable business", he said. Meanwhile, Beijing is openly resisting Washington's sanctions against Chinese companies for trading with Iran. China has ordered all domestic firms to ignore US sanctions. Ben Norton explains these geopolitical developments.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfB8xQEZolk

Topics
0:00 (CLIP) Trump: "We're like pirates"
0:14 US blockade of Iran
1:11 (CLIP) Trump on US piracy
1:57 US seizure of Iranian ships
2:43 AI memes of Trump as pirate
3:01 Multiple acts of US piracy
4:09 Venezuela
5:06 (CLIP) Trump on stealing oil
5:30 Pirates of the Persian Gulf
6:31 US sanctions on China
8:42 Hengli plant in Dalian
9:23 China challenges US sanctions
10:49 Secondary sanctions threat
11:38 USA crossed China's red line
14:17 US sanctions 1/3rd of world
14:47 Map of US sanctions
15:00 Sanctions are very deadly
16:21 Blockade of Cuba
17:19 US empire's goal
17:59 New sanctions on Cuba
19:02 Chinese solar panels help Cuba
19:47 Blowback: US sanctions backfire
20:45 Outro