In this episode of The Jay Martin Show, Jay sits down with bestselling author and foreign policy expert Scott Horton. Horton takes aim at America’s role as a global superpower, arguing that Washington’s pursuit of global hegemony has drained U.S. wealth, created blowback, and undermined liberty at home. This is a provocative, unfiltered conversation on empire, debt, and the future of American power
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00:00 – America’s empire myth vs. global reality
05:30 – Debt, interest payments, and the cost of empire
09:15 – How U.S. hegemony created global competitors
13:40 – What America could be without empire
18:05 – The “dangerous world” argument—myth or reality?
21:45 – Why America is actually secure at home
24:20 – Iraq War lies and the politics of fear
26:00 – State creep: America looking more like China?
33:20 – Taiwan, microchips, and nuclear risk
38:30 – America’s loss of moral authority
44:00 – How war undermined America’s credibility with China
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