Donald Trump is uniting the world against the US

Donald Trump is uniting the world against the US

Author: Ben Norton May 8, 2025 Duration: 36:28
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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