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
