The US military is preparing for war on China, and has missile systems in the Philippines aimed at major Chinese cities. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the USA is making "Japan into a war-fighting headquarters". Ben Norton discusses the extremely aggressive policies of Trump, Biden, and beyond.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4f43dPOWgo
Trump's nuclear trade war targets China - but will blow back on USA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9k7132Iyeo
US Defense Secretary Hegseth wants to overthrow China’s government, in ‘crusade’ against left (and Islam): https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/03/07/us-defense-secretary-hegseth-overthrow-china-crusade/
Topics
0:00 USA prepares for war on China
0:54 US missile systems in Philippines
2:01 Cuban missile crisis
2:59 Bipartisan warmongering
3:47 Economic war
4:51 Trump boosts military budget
5:05 (CLIP) Trump: $1 trillion military budget
5:36 Deficit, DOGE, & Elon Musk
6:24 Pete Hegseth: an imperial "crusader"
7:04 (CLIP) Hegseth promises "lethality"
7:18 Hegseth's "American crusade"
8:16 Pentagon memo on war with China
9:01 Heritage Foundation
9:46 Pentagon memo on war with China
11:57 Trump's goal with Ukraine
12:27 (CLIP) Trump: divide Russia & China
12:42 Pentagon dubs China top "threat"
14:37 China's challenge to US hegemony
16:40 Taiwan as US imperial outpost
18:25 US troops & weapons in Taiwan
18:53 US-China three communiqués
20:47 USA backs Taiwan separatism
21:16 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on Taiwan
21:49 Taiwanese authoritarianism
22:56 Polls on Taiwan separatism
24:17 Taiwan's semiconductors
25:47 Hegseth's trip to Japan
27:16 USA promises peace through war
28:03 Trump admin's top 3 military goals
28:18 US aggression
30:31 Hegseth's trip to Philippines
31:26 (CLIP) USA has "real war plans"
32:12 Philippines as US imperial proxy
34:31 Silicon Valley prepares for war
35:11 Billionaire Palmer Luckey
38:54 Pentagon contractor Anduril
39:35 CIA-backed Palantir
40:02 Oligarch Peter Thiel
40:57 Venture capital & military-industrial complex
42:35 USA is an oligarchy
43:45 US war on China
45:02 Outro
