Geopolitical Economy Report

The Donald Trump administration revealed the US empire's new plan for global dominance in the 2025 National Security Strategy. The goal is to impose hegemony in the Western Hemisphere, reviving the colonial Monroe Doctrine, to move supply chains out of Asia and bring manufacturing into Latin America via "nearshoring", in order to economically decouple from China and prepare for conflict in Cold War Two. Ben Norton analyzes the important document. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idkurWogst8 Topics 0:00 Summary of US National Security Strategy 2:45 US economic dependency on China 5:25 USA loses China war games 6:45 Why Trump targets Latin America 7:41 Marco Rubio, war hawk 9:34 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on China "threat" 10:17 Main goals of Trump's foreign policy 10:35 Improve Russia relations 11:30 Brief summary of US strategy 12:01 Western media misunderstands report 13:24 Whitewashing US imperialism 14:45 Obama's pivot to Asia 15:18 Asia is 1/2 of global economy 16:05 Hillary Clinton's "Russia reset" 16:34 Second Cold War aims at China 17:38 Main goals of US foreign policy 21:29 First target: Latin America 23:13 Second target: China 24:37 US dollar dominance 25:47 (CLIP) Trump threatens BRICS 26:16 Weaponizing technology 26:44 Natural resources in Americas 27:27 Hypocritical buzzwords 29:38 Culture war 32:00 Regions targeted by US empire 32:22 Colonial Monroe Doctrine 33:51 "Enlisting" US vassals 35:30 Nearshoring manufacturing 37:58 Militarizing Latin America 39:04 USA threatens countries 40:30 Natural resources 41:30 "US must be preeminent" 41:55 Cutting off Chinese technology 42:58 Goal: "an American-led world" 43:59 US government serves corporations 45:51 Strategy in "Indo-Pacific" region 46:21 Criticizing China's independence 47:17 Pacific: 21st century's "battleground" 47:52 Asia is half of world GDP (PPP) 49:08 Decline of Western hegemony 51:04 Supply chains 51:31 Economic war 52:21 India 55:12 Japan, South Korea, Australia 57:22 Dollar as global reserve currency 57:45 Taiwan 1:01:28 Europe 1:02:20 Russia 1:03:15 EU as captive US market 1:04:47 West Asia (Middle East) 1:05:18 Oil and natural gas 1:06:19 Israel 1:06:56 Africa 1:08:15 Conclusion 1:08:49 Outro

Donald Trump pardoned and freed from prison one of the world's worst drug dealers, the former dictator of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH), who was convicted of trafficking 400 tons of cocaine and machine guns into the US. Ben Norton explains how the United States has meddled in Honduran elections, backed fraud, and supported a military coup. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtKShReciYQ Topics 0:00 Trump pardons notorious drug trafficker 2:16 US support for Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH) 2:59 Trump threatens war on Venezuela 5:45 Journalist addresses Trump's drug hypocrisy 7:04 (CLIP) Trump blames Biden for drug arrest 7:36 USA backed Honduran narco-regime 8:01 Coup in Honduras in 2009 9:04 Stolen elections of 2013 & 2017 10:33 Trump meddles in Honduras' 2025 election 14:13 Libre Party alleges fraud 14:59 Result transmission system changes votes 15:26 President Xiomara Castro warned of coup plot 17:03 No official winner declared in election 19:16 Very suspicious results 21:15 US-backed coups and fraud 21:54 US coups in Latin America 22:30 Honduras resists US imperialism 24:54 Outro

The most overvalued stock on Earth may be that of Palantir, the corporate Big Brother that is getting huge contracts from the Trump administration and helps the US government wage war and carry out mass surveillance. Executives have been selling billions of dollars worth of shares, yet CEO Alex Karp attacks short-sellers like "Big Short" investor Michael Burry, claiming they're "crazy" for thinking the company is in a bubble. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_OuoAFp54Y Topics 0:00 Financial bubbles 0:31 AI bubble 1:01 Palantir 1:35 Investors short Palantir stock 1:58 (CLIP) CEO Alex Karp attacks short sellers 2:10 Targeting retail investors 2:23 (CLIP) CEO Alex Karp is "triggered" 3:13 Palantir executives sell shares 4:58 Financialized US economy 5:27 Trump admin contracts with Palantir 5:57 Mass surveillance 6:28 Preparing for war on China, Russia, Iran 6:54 Most revenue is from governments 7:32 Palantir stock price 8:20 Insane price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio 10:28 Is the bubble popping? 10:45 Michael Burry: "Big Short" investor 11:14 US housing bubble & financial crisis 12:11 Michael Burry shorts Palantir 12:31 (CLIP) Alex Karp: short sellers are "crazy" 12:40 CEO Alex Karp's emotional rant 13:01 (CLIP) Attacks "wokeness" & Zohran Mamdani 13:27 "Anti-woke" CEO is "triggered" 13:45 (CLIP) Alex Karp: why do they pick on us? 14:12 Delusions of grandeur 14:26 (CLIP) "Most important software company" 15:03 War on the short sellers 15:22 (CLIP) Alex Karp: "make them poorer" 15:41 Palantir executives sell their shares 16:28 Alex Karp sold $96 million 16:40 Shyam Sankar sold $37 million 17:32 Stephen Cohen sold $66 million 17:59 David Glazer sold $4 million 18:18 Ryan Taylor sold $4 million 18:33 Palantir execs keep selling shares 19:17 Alex Karp sold $1.9 billion in shares 20:04 Telling retail to invest in Palantir 20:49 (CLIP) "Experts vs retail" 21:27 Cynical exploitation 22:28 Outro

The US economy depends on an unsustainable stock market bubble driven by AI companies that are almost all losing money. Nvidia seems healthier, but serious red flags explain why its stock price is extremely volatile, and why its market capitalization dropped $600 billion in just one day. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAZqYQBwWNY Topics 0:00 AI bubble & Nvidia 2:40 Magnificent Seven (Mag7) Big Tech stocks 4:01 US GDP growth depends on AI capex 5:01 AI circular financing scheme 6:28 OpenAI is losing money, but owes $1.4 trillion 7:38 Nvidia profits rise in earnings report 9:27 US investor madness 12:04 China challenges Nvidia's chip monopoly 13:43 Crazy volatility in Nvidia stock 15:08 CEO Jensen Huang's private comments 17:11 $600 billion drop in one day 18:13 Four customers make up 61% of Nvidia revenue 20:25 IOUs: Nvidia's accounts receivable rises 21:43 GPU demand? Nvidia inventories surge 22:37 S&P 500 falls $2 trillion in 5 hours 24:12 US economy built on financial house of cards 26:13 Markets can remain irrational... 27:01 Dangers of a recession or depression 28:13 Outro

Donald Trump vowed to "take over" and "own" Gaza. The US government plans to divide the Palestinian territory into a "green zone" run by Western allies, while trapping Gazans in a "red zone", which won't be rebuilt. The USA hopes investors will make hundreds of billions of dollars. Ben Norton reports on the colonial scheme. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW3wX4bVoU4 Topics 0:00 Colonial US-Israeli plan for Gaza 1:29 Israel's fake Gaza "ceasefire" 4:27 Trump vows to "take over" Gaza 4:49 (CLIP) Trump: USA will "own" Gaza 5:04 Plan to divide Gaza 6:00 Map of Gaza divisions 6:50 European troops will occupy Gaza 8:04 "Green Zone" in Iraq War 9:38 Leaked blueprint for Gaza 10:38 Benjamin Netanyahu 11:34 Colonial plan for Gaza 12:32 IMEC: India-Middle East-Europe Corridor 13:07 China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) 14:21 Gaza plan 14:54 "Investment" in Gaza 16:05 Colonialism 16:29 Geopolitical strategy 17:33 US vision of West Asia (Middle East) 18:18 Trump Gaza Riviera & Elon Musk zone 19:02 Corporations exploit low-paid Palestinian workers 19:57 Gaza's offshore natural gas fields 20:43 Colonial-style land leases 22:27 Tokenization scheme 23:07 "Voluntary relocation" of Palestinians 25:22 Jared Kushner is US "mediator" with Israel 26:10 (CLIP) Kushner on Gaza "waterfront property" 26:22 Western colonialism in Palestine 28:04 Outro

Donald Trump admitted he wants to “take over” Venezuela and its oil. Marco Rubio is overseeing the war plans, aiming to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro and install US puppet María Corina Machado, who vowed to privatize Venezuela's natural resources and sell off $1.7 trillion of her country's assets to North American corporations. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QukbgnkuPVY Topics 0:00 US war on Venezuela 1:16 (CLIP) Trump wants to take Venezuela's oil 1:28 Venezuela has world's largest oil reserves 1:37 US coup attempt with Juan Guaidó 2:08 US support for dictatorships in Latin America 2:36 Venezuela has critical minerals, like rare earths 2:59 Colonialist Monroe Doctrine 3:31 Psychological war 3:58 (CLIP) Trump: Maduro's "days are numbered" 4:54 US war plans 6:15 "Cartel of the Sons" does NOT exist 7:44 Marco Rubio: war planner 8:20 US military buildup in Caribbean 9:26 CIA operations in Venezuela 10:18 Three options in US war plans 11:36 Chevron wants Venezuela's oil 12:26 Imperialist "Americas First" policy 14:11 War on Terror plus War on Drugs 14:44 Polls: North Americans oppose Trump's war 16:03 US government is an oligarchy 16:30 Coup leader: María Corina Machado 18:01 Nobel "Peace" Prize for US wars 19:17 Machado wants to privatize Venezuela's oil 19:44 (CLIP) Machado: US companies will profit 20:38 Machado speaks alongside Donald Trump 21:24 Miami Mayor Francis Suarez 22:01 (CLIP) Miami mayor praises María Corina Machado 22:13 US government supports Machado 22:49 (CLIP) Machado thanks US officials for support 23:41 Machado offers to sell $1.7 trillion in assets 24:22 (CLIP) Machado's "massive privatization program" 25:35 Machado's USA-first foreign policy 26:02 (CLIP) Machado attacks China, Russia, Iran 27:59 Next targets of US empire: Cuba & Nicaragua 28:40 (CLIP) Threatening regime change in Cuba & Nicaragua 29:18 Machado's Bloomberg interview 29:40 (CLIP) Machado vows to sell off natural resources 30:21 Privatizations create oligarchies 31:12 (CLIP) Machado: Make oligarchy great again 31:50 US-Venezuelan oligarch Vanessa Neumann 32:49 Obscene wealth of Venezuelan oligarchs 35:32 Thor Halvorssen: Venezuelan oligarch family 36:21 Leopoldo López: Venezuelan oligarch 37:04 Venezuelan oligarchs: corrupt tools of US empire 38:02 María Corina Machado conspires with USA 38:44 (CLIP) Machado admits US gov't support 39:53 Pro-war Nobel "Peace" Prize laureate 40:26 (CLIP) Machado supports Trump's war 40:56 Nobel "Peace" Prize: tool of US wars 41:25 (CLIP) Machado: Nobel Prize helps war 41:59 Summary 43:19 Outro

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang fears China will win the AI race, as OpenAI asks the US government for "federal guarantees" and a "backstop". The unsustainability of the enormous AI bubble is becoming clear to everyone, and Silicon Valley Big Tech executives want to be guaranteed a bailout. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4odSW2lSUyI Check out our related video on the AI bubble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXCVrLPTUHQ Topics 0:00 (CLIPS) OpenAI wants US gov't "backstop" 0:31 US-China AI race 1:13 Nvidia sells shovels in AI gold rush 3:05 China restricts Nvidia chips 3:47 Nvidia CEO: China is winning AI race 5:50 AI bubble 7:21 OpenAI CFO asks for federal "backstop" 8:11 (CLIP) OpenAI CFO on US gov't support 8:51 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman 9:22 (CLIP) US gov't as "insurer of last resort" 9:49 Too Big to Fail 2.0 10:53 Sam Altman backtracks 11:58 OpenAI letter asks US gov't for support 14:32 Banning Chinese AI competitors 15:31 Trump supports OpenAI & Sam Altman 16:19 (CLIP) Sam Altman at White House 16:36 Sam Altman donates to Trump 17:03 Chinese open-source AI models 17:56 US corporations want monopolies 18:58 Peter Thiel & Sam Altman 19:34 (CLIP) "Competition is for losers" 20:10 OpenAI's circular financing scheme 22:32 OpenAI owes $1.4 trillion 23:24 OpenAI is losing money 24:42 Silicon Valley's business model: monopoly 26:15 China's AI advantage: electricity 27:08 The "electron gap" 28:24 Electricity generation: China vs USA 29:30 AI data centers drive up electricity bills 29:52 Electricity price in USA 30:36 Electricity prices: China vs USA 31:49 BlackRock buys up US power grid 33:02 Trump closes solar power projects 33:48 Trump cancels wind power projects 34:39 US fossil fuel corporations 35:12 Summary 36:34 Outro

The US government is politically isolated on the world stage. This can be seen in the UN General Assembly votes demanding an end to the USA's embargo of Cuba. Almost all of the world opposes the illegal economic blockade. Ben Norton explains how the CIA has waged a terrorist war on Cuba, Venezuela, and other parts of Latin America for decades. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKF-jrrv5yA Sources and links here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/11/03/embargo-blockade-cuba-un-vote/ Check out our related video on Trump's neocolonial attacks on Latin America: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/10/27/donroe-doctrine-trump-neocolonial-plan-latin-america/ Topics 0:00 US government is very unpopular 1:21 World votes against USA at UN 2:06 USA has just 6 key allies 2:46 Viktor Orbán's Hungary 3:30 Javier Milei's Argentina 4:14 Trump's global pressure campaign 5:40 Past UNGA votes on Cuba embargo 6:45 Trump-Rubio campaign failed 8:27 Russia and Ukraine factor 9:54 Trump's international allies 11:16 Marco Rubio, coup-plotting war hawk 13:30 US economic war on Cuba 14:05 Stated goals of US blockade 16:30 Secondary sanctions 17:38 Trump & Rubio threaten Cuba 18:04 USA's fake "terror" list 20:41 Fidel Castro: 638 assassination attempts 21:27 Operation Northwoods: CIA terror war 23:04 US terror war on Venezuela 25:24 US military forced to sign NDAs 26:11 Donroe Doctrine: Trump's neocolonialism 26:48 Outro

Donald Trump is losing the trade war on China, which he started. The agreement he made at the meeting with President Xi Jinping shows how the US is much more dependent on the Chinese economy than vice versa. Political economist Ben Norton explains how Trump's tariffs have hurt American workers, especially farmers, while China advances as a new technological and manufacturing superpower. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWrdxBODSUE Topics 0:00 Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping 1:07 China successfully defends itself 2:58 China is a new "economic superpower" 4:04 This is a one-year "tactical detente" 4:47 Details of Trump-Xi agreement 6:20 Trump undoes "self-inflicted" damage 7:02 Scott Bessent claimed China had "losing hand" 7:40 China is less dependent on US economy 8:24 Analyzing US-China trade 9:59 USA is dependent on Chinese tech 11:06 China is a manufacturing superpower 12:08 China's domestic revenue vs exports 13:43 Bipartisan US trade war 14:30 One-year trade truce 15:40 US midterm elections coming up in 2026 16:12 Poll: Republicans (and Dems) are unpopular 16:48 Trump's low approval rating of 39% 17:27 US consumers pay for Trump's tariffs 18:54 Inflation and US economic problems 20:58 US manufacturing jobs decline 22:32 Soybean war: Trump's tariffs hurt farmers 24:38 China buys soybeans from Latin America 25:25 Trump's bailout of farmers 27:24 China's rare earth dominance 28:58 US industry needs China's rare earths 30:40 Chip war: US semiconductor restrictions 31:54 China develops domestic chip industry 33:40 China's new 5-year plan pushes tech 34:31 Made in China 2025 industrial policy 35:45 China leads in critical technologies 37:22 China's "technological self-reliance" 38:25 USA is losing trade war 39:25 Outro

Donald Trump imposed sanctions on Russia's top oil companies, but the US still can't stop the war in Ukraine. NATO's goals cannot be met, as the world is increasingly multipolar and Western power is declining. Geopolitical economist Radhika Desai analyzes the conflict with journalist Anatol Lieven and China-based economic geographer Mick Dunford. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=359p5RC2JE8 This is part of the program Geopolitical Economy Hour. You can watch other episodes of the show here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

The Donald Trump administration seeks to forcibly impose the US empire's hegemony in Latin America, waging war on Venezuela, imposing sanctions on Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, hitting Brazil with tariffs, and meddling in Argentina's election. Ben Norton explains how Trump and Marco Rubio are trying to cut off all western hemisphere ties with China and Russia, bringing back the colonial Monroe Doctrine, now known as the Donroe Doctrine. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcWH-LPyTow Topics 0:00 Trump's war on Latin America 1:04 (CLIP) Trump meddles in Argentina's election 1:23 US imperial strategy in Latin America 2:02 (CLIP) Trump wants Venezuela's oil 2:14 Natural resources 2:41 Ties with China and Russia 3:02 Oligarchic counter-revolution 4:11 US war on Venezuela 7:50 Marco Rubio: coup-plotting war hawk 9:23 Fox News calls to colonize Venezuela 10:01 (CLIP) Fox News: Venezuela 51st US state 10:29 The "drug trafficking" excuse 11:10 Colombia's President Gustavo Petro 13:29 US-backed Colombian drug traffickers 14:24 US-backed drug lord Álvaro Uribe 17:05 The "war on drugs" is based on lies 18:10 Colombia moves closer to China 19:12 China: South America's top trading partner 20:41 USA meddles in Colombia's election 21:42 Monroe Doctrine to Donroe Doctrine 26:15 (CLIP) John Bolton boasts of coup attempt 27:05 Neocolonialism 28:26 US interventions in Latin America 30:32 USA colonized half of Mexico 31:11 Colonial "Banana Wars" 31:41 Goals of US war on Venezuela 32:33 William McKinley, imperialist 34:01 (CLIP) Trump vows to expand US empire 35:02 Trump takes mask off US empire 36:30 Outro

The US economy depends more and more on enormous bubbles in the stock market and AI. The 10% of richest Americans drive half of all spending, while the real economy in many states is in recession. If the bubble pops, it could cause a severe crisis. Political economist Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXCVrLPTUHQ Topics 0:00 Economy divided between rich & everyone else 1:36 Many US states already in recession 3:11 Biggest stock market bubble in history 5:31 90% of stocks owned by 10% richest Americans 7:23 Magnificent Seven (Mag7) Big Tech stocks 9:07 Ten Titans Big Tech stocks 9:58 AI bubble 11:46 (CLIP) Jeff Bezos: AI is in "good bubble" 13:26 95% of AI pilot programs fail 13:55 Investors keep buying overvalued stocks 15:12 Markets can remain irrational 15:26 Irrational exuberance 15:50 Dot-com bubble 16:28 US share of global stock markets 17:28 US vs Chinese tech company revenue 18:24 Tesla vs global automotive industry 20:49 Top 10 US stocks: 16% global market cap 21:07 Recession 22:23 Stagflation 23:04 AI capex contribution to US GDP growth 25:07 AI is eating the economy 26:01 AI drives up electricity bills 26:50 Trump shuts down renewable energy 27:42 AI adds more to GDP than shopping 28:49 US job growth collapses 32:13 Bifurcated economy 33:01 Outro

The United States is waging a war on Venezuela. Donald Trump authorized the CIA to carry out "lethal operations" to try to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro. Meanwhile, the US military has killed innocent people in boats in the Caribbean, including citizens of Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago. Ben Norton reports. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAkNZCjstVI Check out our related videos: - Nobel Peace Prize winner supports Trump's war on Venezuela: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks9uDtd7Msc - Trump-backed Venezuelan coup leader promises to give oil to US corporations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E7pHmYUCMk Topics 0:00 USA wages war on Venezuela 1:56 Trump authorizes CIA to attack Venezuela 3:49 Goal of US war: regime change 7:18 (CLIP) Trump on CIA ops in Venezuela 8:02 Nobel "Peace" Prize winner wants more war 9:22 (CLIP) Venezuelan coup leader María Corina Machado 10:30 Trump recycles Bush's "WMD" lies 11:29 Facts about drug trafficking 12:44 (CLIP) Debunking Trump's Venezuela drug lies 14:11 Coup leader wants to give Venezuelan oil to USA 15:19 (CLIP) María Corina Machado vows to privatize oil 16:13 US military kills Colombians 17:15 US military kills fishermen from Trinidad 18:48 (CLIP) Trinidad news broadcast on US strikes 19:33 Venezuela's UN ambassador condemns attacks 19:52 (CLIP) USA kills innocent people in Caribbean 20:20 In the US empire's Opposite Land, war is peace 21:08 Nobel "Peace" Prize winner requests US invasion 22:33 Outro

2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado, a US government-funded far-right coup leader, vowed to privatize Venezuela's oil and give it to US corporations. "We are going to privatize all our industry", she told Donald Trump Jr. "American companies ... are going to make a lot of money", she promised. Ben Norton exposes the neocolonial US war on Venezuela. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E7pHmYUCMk Check out our related video on how Machado supports US and Israeli wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks9uDtd7Msc Topics 0:00 (CLIP) "We are going to privatize all our industry" 0:54 Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado 1:41 (CLIP) María Corina Machado supports Israel 2:07 Nobel "Peace" Prize for warmonger 2:28 Venezuela's oil & US coup attempts 3:31 (CLIP) Machado vows to sell off Venezuelan oil 3:46 Machado: Far-right opposition leader 4:23 Machado wants US invasion 5:19 CIA-linked NED funds Machado 6:00 Machado interview with Donald Trump Jr. 6:53 (CLIP) Donald Trump Jr. & Machado 8:23 Venezuela's Pinochet + Margaret Thatcher 8:46 (CLIP) US companies will "make a lot of money" 9:05 Selling their countries to USA: vendepatrias 9:23 Machado's meeting with George W Bush 9:59 Trump's war on Venezuela 11:04 (CLIP) Regime change plans 11:24 Targeting US empire's adversaries 11:56 (CLIP) Machado's US first foreign policy 12:12 Donald Trump 12:25 (CLIP) Machado praises Donald Trump 12:45 Trump's coup attempts 14:06 (CLIP) "Biggest opportunity" for regime change 14:34 Marco Rubio: chief coup-plotter 15:06 Targeting Cuba & Nicaragua as well 15:57 (CLIP) US officials supporting Machado 17:03 Rubio lied about Cuban parents 17:54 Miami, Florida: coup capital 18:24 Elon Musk 19:15 (CLIP) Musk gave Starlink to Venezuelan opposition 19:33 Starlink: tool of US imperialism 20:08 Bitcoin & Trump's corrupt crypto schemes 21:39 BlackRock: world's biggest Bitcoin holder 23:11 (CLIP) Machado loves Bitcoin 23:40 Machado: US coup puppet 23:57 Outro

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to María Corina Machado, a far-right Venezuelan coup-plotter who has long been funded by the US government. She strongly supports Israel as it commits genocide against the Palestinian people, and she is at the center of Donald Trump's war on Venezuela, pushing for regime change against President Nicolás Maduro. Ben Norton exposes the ugly truth. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks9uDtd7Msc Topics 0:00 María Corina Machado: US-funded coup-plotter 0:45 Nobel "Peace" Prizes for US war criminals 1:44 Machado supports genocidal Israeli regime 2:38 Venezuela supports Palestine 3:04 Machado requested Israeli military intervention 3:46 UN experts: Israel is committing genocide 4:24 Trump's war on Venezuela 6:26 Machado wants to privatize Venezuela's oil 7:32 Trump's 2019 coup attempt in Venezuela 8:12 (CLIP) Trump wants Venezuela's oil 8:24 Trump backs Venezuelan opposition 9:09 (CLIP) Machado called & thanked Trump 9:34 US-backed coup attempt in 2002 10:16 Obama declared Venezuela a "threat" 10:49 US sanctions on Venezuela 11:43 Machado called for foreign intervention 12:06 (CLIP) Machado requests "international force" 12:38 Norwegian politician criticizes Nobel committee 14:14 Machado lobbies for more sanctions 15:04 Sanctions kill many Venezuelans 16:08 Sanctions cause millions of deaths 17:31 Marco Rubio lobbied Nobel committee 19:00 Machado met with George W Bush 20:10 US government funded Machado 21:52 National Endowment for Democracy (NED) 22:56 NED congratulates Machado 24:59 Nobel laureate Obama: war criminal 26:53 Nobel laureate Kissinger: war criminal 28:02 Nobel laureate Dalai Lama: CIA asset 29:29 Nobel "Peace" Prize for war 30:13 Outro

Leaders from dozens of countries condemned the USA and Israel in their speeches at the UN General Assembly, demanding international intervention to save Gaza. Diplomats staged a mass walkout to protest Netanyahu's speech. Ben Norton shows how Latin American governments are standing in solidarity with Palestine, and resisting US imperialism. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mik74Pri9bY Topics 0:00 Countries condemn US & Israel 0:45 (CLIPS) World leaders support Gaza 1:54 UN diplomats protest Netanyahu in walkout 3:33 USA abuses veto at UN 4:49 Perspectives of non-Western countries 6:13 Latin America resists US imperialism 6:59 (CLIP) Cuba supports Palestine 8:03 USA vetos UN Gaza resolutions 9:02 (CLIP) Brazil's Lula on Gaza 9:30 Colombia demands action on Gaza 10:43 (CLIP) Colombian President Gustavo Petro 13:38 Nicaragua's Sandinista government 14:00 (CLIP) Nicaragua supports Palestine 14:33 (CLIP) Venezuela supports Palestine 14:58 US fascism 15:20 (CLIP) Petro: USA is new Nazi Germany 16:01 US revokes Petro's visa 17:02 Venezuela compares US to Nazi Germany 17:48 (CLIP) Venezuela warns of new Nazis 18:32 Western colonialism 18:56 (CLIP) Nicaragua: West looted our wealth 19:42 Decline of US unipolar order 20:09 (CLIP) Cuba on US imperialism 20:49 Wall Street debt traps 21:18 (CLIP) Debt as neocolonialism 21:31 Debt for climate swaps 22:38 (CLIP) Gustavo Petro on climate debt 23:17 Trump denies climate science 23:47 (CLIP) US politicians "don't believe in science" 24:00 Trump's attacks on Venezuela 24:40 (CLIP) History of US war on Venezuela 26:22 (CLIP) USA wants Venezuela's oil 26:45 Trump's WMD lies about Venezuela 27:54 (CLIP) Venezuela condemns US wars 28:43 Illegal US attacks on Venezuela 29:06 (CLIP) Cuba on threat of US war 30:07 (CLIP) Colonial Monroe Doctrine 30:40 (CLIP) Nicaragua denounces neocolonialism 31:56 Need for UN reform 33:22 (CLIP) UN members "no longer have power" 33:37 USA fuels war 34:02 (CLIP) Honduras on need for global reform 35:58 UN's colonial structure 36:40 (CLIP) Need for new international order 38:19 Multipolarity vs US unipolarity 40:38 (CLIP) Cuba's vision for a new world 41:17 (CLIP) Venezuela's vision for a new world 41:47 Voices silenced by Western media 42:25 Outro

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gathered top generals and encouraged the military to commit war crimes and ignore international law. Donald Trump ordered the Department of War to use US cities as "training grounds" to fight the "enemy within". Ben Norton reports on the increasingly authoritarian US empire. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPKiKWkVqdE Topics 0:00 (CLIP) Pete Hegseth message to US military 0:54 US Department of War takes mask off empire 1:31 US empire's wars come home 2:25 (CLIP) Trump threatens "enemy within" USA 3:00 Special event in Quantico, Virginia 3:21 (CLIP) "Era of Department of Defense is over" 4:07 (CLIP) "Strongest, most lethal military on planet" 4:21 War is peace 4:46 (CLIP) "Peace through strength" 5:31 Trump admin attacks "wokeness" & DEI 6:21 Missing the forest for the trees 7:06 (CLIP) Hegseth encourages war crimes 8:09 USA attacks international law 8:51 Pete Hegseth: Fox News pundit 10:25 (CLIP) Hegseth wants to "rewrite rules of war" 11:36 Hegseth's "American Crusade" 12:48 War with China 13:23 (CLIP) "We are preparing for war" 13:45 (CLIP) Targets: western hemisphere & China 14:07 Donald Trump's speech 14:30 US war on Venezuela 14:50 (CLIP) Trump threatens Venezuela 15:17 Colonial Monroe Doctrine 16:26 US seeks regime change in Venezuela 18:12 (CLIP) Trump wants Venezuela's oil 18:39 (CLIP) $1 trillion US military budget 19:09 (CLIP) Nobel Peace Prize for war 20:29 (CLIP) Trump boasts of NATO arms sales 22:11 US empire's wars 22:54 (CLIP) Department of Defense was "woke" 23:26 Conservative identity politics 23:41 USA: a country of war 24:21 Trump targets "enemy within" 25:17 (CLIP) "America is under invasion from within" 27:20 US authoritarian regime 28:01 (CLIP) US, British, & Roman empires 28:32 Outro

The US and China are the world's two most powerful countries, but they have very different visions for the global order. Compare the speeches delivered at the UN General Assembly by Donald Trump and Chinese Premier Li Qiang. The United States wants a unipolar system based on unilateralism, aggression, and hegemony, whereas China wants a multipolar system based on multilateralism, peaceful development, and sovereign equality, centered in the United Nations. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzCf8XlrKKU Topics 0:00 (CLIP) Highlights of Trump's speech 0:59 Rise of China 2:25 US empire in decline 3:02 Contrasting visions of world order 5:11 Unilateralism vs multilateralism 7:16 (CLIP) China's Premier Li Qiang 8:07 Geopolitical adult in the room 9:20 China opposes new cold war 10:08 (CLIP) Dangers of war 11:07 Compare Li Qiang to Trump 11:36 (CLIP) Trump: "we're the hottest country" 12:24 Fact-checking Trump on US economy 14:07 (CLIP) Trump on stock market 14:34 Inflation 15:35 Electricity prices 16:18 Job growth 16:54 Trump's approval rating 17:55 Trump claims to end 7 wars 18:48 (CLIP) Trump condemns UN 19:54 US sabotages UN, abusing veto 21:50 China upholds international law 22:26 (CLIP) China defends UN & Global South 23:19 Reform of international organizations 23:50 (CLIP) Global Governance Initiative 24:26 80th anniversary 25:30 (CLIP) China on World Anti-Fascist War 26:19 Trump wages war 26:55 (CLIP) Trump wants Nobel Peace Prize 27:14 Trump boasts of attacking Iran 27:40 (CLIP) Trump's war on Iran 28:25 Trump boasts of attacking Venezuela 28:55 (CLIP) Trump's war on Venezuela 29:37 Expanding NATO military spending 29:54 (CLIP) Trump on NATO 30:11 Immigration 31:05 Dementia 31:25 (CLIP) Trump attacks immigrants 32:31 China defends diversity 33:21 (CLIP) China on civilizational respect 33:42 Climate change 34:42 (CLIP) Trump lies about climate change 35:29 China's wind & solar power 36:28 China values science 37:52 (CLIP) China on climate change 38:10 Technology for development 38:31 (CLIP) China on technology 39:03 The future vs the past 39:42 Trump serves fossil fuel corporations 40:27 (CLIP) US as #1 oil & gas producer 41:20 China's vision vs USA's vision 42:37 The emperor has no clothes 43:38 Outro

Donald Trump wants to use tariffs to force countries to buy more US oil and natural gas. Instead, China and Russia signed a deal to build the massive Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, which could transform the global energy market. Russia is integrating with Asia, while Europe faces a crisis that is devastating its manufacturing sector. Political economist Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6wtK8Hrpl4 Topics 0:00 Close China-Russia relations 1:28 Power of Siberia 2 pipeline 3:23 Dedollarization 4:04 Europe boycotts Russian energy 5:28 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage 6:28 (CLIP) Trump on Nord Stream & US energy 7:06 Crisis in Europe 9:14 Russia integrates with Asia 10:13 Russia tried to join the West 11:03 NATO expansion 11:47 Ukraine coup & war 13:26 Russia's trade with China 14:16 De-dollarization 14:43 Trump's tariffs 17:01 Why Trump hit India with tariffs 18:22 (CLIP) Trump on US oil & gas 18:34 USA: #1 producer of oil & gas 19:17 Weaponizing energy 19:46 China's natural gas imports 22:11 China & Russia: long-term partnership 23:22 Colonial Monroe Doctrine & oil 25:02 China's oil imports 25:41 Trade chokepoints 27:04 Europe becomes US vassal 28:17 (CLIP) Trump boasts of imposing EU deal 28:55 EU imports of oil & gas 30:38 Deindustrialization of Europe 31:16 EU prosperity depended on China & Russia 31:50 (CLIP) Ex EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell 32:35 Germany's "existential" industrial crisis 34:15 China's car manufacturers & electric vehicles (EVs) 36:44 Europe loses out as Asian Century advances 37:40 Outro

The US government has, six times now, unilaterally vetoed resolutions in the UN Security Council that called for peace and a ceasefire in Gaza. Meanwhile, a United Nations commission stated conclusively that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people, with the full support of the United States, under both Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Ben Norton reports. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thjVQp9wafs Topics 0:00 US vetoes 6 UN Gaza resolutions 1:24 China calls for peace 2:04 Israel creates famine in Gaza 3:29 UN commission report on Israeli genocide 4:15 Legal definition of genocide 6:06 UN inquiry on genocide in Gaza 7:37 USA sells weapons to Israel 9:06 Genocide experts' opinion 9:50 ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu 10:43 ICJ case against Israel 11:36 Trump's plan to take over Gaza 13:26 US & Israel want "real estate bonanza" 14:11 Colonialism 15:28 Trump withdraws US from UN bodies 18:46 US imperialism vs the world 21:12 Outro