In insane speech, Marco Rubio asks Europe to join US in recolonizing world

In insane speech, Marco Rubio asks Europe to join US in recolonizing world

Author: Ben Norton February 18, 2026 Duration: 35:32
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered an overtly pro-colonialist speech at the Munich Security Conference in which he praised "the great Western empires" and said North America and Europe should unite to recolonize the Global South. Ben Norton reports on the increasing desperation of the imperialist West as its global dominance declines. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mWRy7A1cJI Topics 0:00 (CLIP) Marco Rubio praises colonialism 1:13 From colonialism to decolonization 2:17 Western colonies today 3:24 USA wants to reverse decolonization 4:30 Marco Rubio's pro-colonialist speech 6:06 (CLIP) Rubio loves "great Western empires" 6:58 Demonizing anti-colonial movements 7:55 (CLIP) US plan to reverse West's decline 8:57 (CLIP) Erasing colonial crimes 9:32 Proud of colonialism 10:21 (CLIP) "Purported sins" of colonialism 10:37 Crimes of Western colonialism 11:39 (CLIP) Armies fight for "civilization" 11:49 EU leaders applaud colonialist speech 12:31 (CLIP) EU standing ovation for Rubio 12:40 Western media coverage 13:16 Munich Security Conference (MSC) 13:43 (CLIP) Europe's colonial "sigh of relief" 14:15 Defeat of European colonialism 14:57 US imperial message to Global South 15:58 (CLIP) "Western civilization" 16:30 Western civilization built on colonialism 17:00 (CLIP) Trump invites Europe to join 17:15 Rubio identifies as European, not Cuban 18:28 (CLIP) Rubio praises European colonizers 19:21 (CLIP) Rubio's ancestry in Italy & Spain 20:07 Capitalism vs anti-imperialist socialism 21:26 (CLIP) Anti-communism unites West 22:47 Cold War Two against China 23:42 New supply chain to cut out China 25:26 (CLIP) "Western supply chain" 25:49 US goal: reverse decolonization 26:19 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi 27:05 China opposes imperialism 27:42 China's speech at MSC 28:38 Need to reform the UN 29:36 Equality for countries 30:20 China opposes new cold war 30:59 Multipolar world based on sovereignty 32:34 Global South is rising 33:13 US empire wants global dictatorship 33:49 USA vs China: polar opposites 35:18 Outro

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