The one-sided trade agreement that Donald Trump imposed on the EU illustrates how the US empire exploits its "allies" in Europe as vassals to benefit the American oil/gas industry, Big Tech corporations, and the military-industrial complex. This did not start with Trump, but he has accelerated the vassalization of the European Union. Political economist Ben Norton explains.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpf6ZeABP1I

Topics
0:00 Intro
1:04 US empire doesn't have allies, only vassals
2:14 US-EU trade deal & tariffs
5:19 China defended itself in trade war
6:19 Ursula von der Leyen on US energy
7:28 (CLIP) Trump on US-EU trade deal
7:54 USA benefits
8:15 (CLIP) Trump: "the biggest of all the deals"
8:28 Europe gets nothing
9:11 (CLIP) US makes no concessions to EU
9:57 (CLIP) Trump on US fossil fuel exports
10:20 US gets everything, EU gets nothing
11:02 Vassalization of Europe
12:27 BRICS expansion
13:22 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
14:03 (CLIP) NATO chief calls Trump "daddy"
14:17 Trump addresses "daddy" comment
14:42 (CLIP) Trump: I'm NATO's "daddy"
15:03 Trump leaks humiliating text messages
16:26 Failure of EU "strategic autonomy"
17:18 NATO demands military spending at 5% of GDP
18:42 US military-industrial complex benefits
20:14 Paying imperial tribute
20:48 Replacing welfare state with warfare state
21:44 EU spending on education
22:08 EU spending on healthcare
22:33 Trump & MAGA take off the mask
23:26 VP JD Vance attacks Europe
23:40 Kissinger: "to be America's friend is fatal"
24:20 Trump boasts of ending Nord Stream
25:39 (CLIP) Trump: "I ended Nord Stream 2"
25:59 US targets European infrastructure
26:26 (CLIP) Trump: US wants to sell oil/gas
26:53 US attacks European "allies"
27:27 Sabotage of Nord Stream pipelines
28:05 Who blew up Nord Stream?
29:20 West opposed UN investigation
30:06 Polish official said US blew up Nord Stream
30:47 Historical amnesia
31:17 Why Germany wanted Nord Stream
32:34 (CLIP) Trump: Europe must buy US oil/gas
32:48 Trump pressured Angela Merkel on Russia
33:15 (CLIP) Trump: Europe must cut Russia ties
34:12 Trump sanctioned Nord Stream
34:55 USA seeks to divide Europe & Russia
35:39 Biden threatened Nord Stream
36:02 (CLIP) Biden: We will end Nord Stream
36:36 Bipartisan vassalage
37:30 US energy exports to Europe
38:08 EU imports of oil
39:25 EU imports of natural gas
39:56 EU imports of LNG
40:45 Climate change catastrophe
41:20 Germany re-opens coal plants
42:00 Germany's pro-war "Greens"
43:19 US imperial strategy: divide Europe
44:56 Imperialist Mackinder's heartland theory
45:28 US fears of Europe-Russia alliance
46:23 NATO's goal: keep US on top
47:24 Deindustrialization of Europe
47:59 EU attacks top trading partner China
48:40 Why are EU leaders Atlanticists?
49:01 EU leaders are literally crying
49:26 EU elites invest in US financial assets
51:57 US Big Tech corporations
52:35 Comprador bourgeoisie
53:48 Western oligarchies
55:00 US empire fears Eurasian integration
56:15 Trump tries to divide Russia & China
56:33 Europe is at a geopolitical crossroads
58:36 Outro