US VP JD Vance announces new strategy of blatant imperialism, aimed at China

US VP JD Vance announces new strategy of blatant imperialism, aimed at China

Author: Ben Norton May 24, 2025 Duration: 20:49
US Vice President JD Vance revealed the Trump administration's "generational shift in [foreign] policy", emphasizing "great power competition" and preparation for war with China. They're abandoning soft power and focusing on "hard power" and "overwhelming force", in a return to blatant, 19th century-style imperialism. Ben Norton reports. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Yqc-8uVHc The US military is seriously preparing for war on China: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/04/28/us-military-war-china-silicon-valley/ Topic 0:00 (CLIP) JD Vance speech highlights 0:23 US VP declares "new era" of foreign policy 1:59 (CLIP) End of US unipolar dominance 2:24 Preparing for war 2:51 (CLIP) A "new and very dangerous era" 3:01 Emphasizing hard power 3:17 (CLIP) Hard power vs soft power 3:22 Containing China 3:31 (CLIP) Targeting China 3:43 Shifting priorities 4:17 (CLIP) Great power competition 4:37 Redirection of foreign policy 4:48 (CLIP) A "generational shift in policy" 4:59 Rise of China 5:46 (CLIP) Era of US hegemony 6:37 USA wants China regime change 7:07 This is not isolationism 7:35 (CLIP) "When we send you to war" 7:58 Taking the mask off US empire 8:49 (CLIP) "We throw a punch hard" 9:07 Trump boosts US military spending 9:28 (CLIP) Trump: $1 trillion military budget 9:49 US foreign military bases 10:19 19th century-style imperialism 10:39 William McKinley, imperialist 11:30 (CLIP) Trump vows "enlarged country" 11:54 Expanding US territory 12:18 (CLIP) Trump: expand US empire 12:56 Monroe Doctrine 13:51 Training "war fighters" 14:07 (CLIP) JD Vance on "war fighters" 14:10 Pete Hegseth 14:25 (CLIP) Hegseth on "war fighters" 14:39 A "peacemaker" for war 14:58 US war on Yemen 15:18 (CLIP) Vance boasts of bombing Yemen 15:33 Future war threats 15:51 (CLIP) US "red lines" for war 16:12 US "ideological crusades" 16:33 (CLIP) Vance on "ideological crusades" 16:46 Pete Hegseth, self-declared "crusader" 17:34 US empire rebrands 18:37 The main target is China 19:34 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on China "threat" 20:17 Preparing for war on China 20:36 Outro

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