The US government's talks with Russia are more about China than Ukraine. Donald Trump admitted he wants to "un-unite" Russia and China, in a reverse of the divide-and-conquer strategy used by Nixon and Kissinger in the 1970s. Can Trump do it? Ben Norton explains why the United States sees China as the main threat to its global imperial dominance.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRJIymzuRGU
Topics
0:00 (CLIP) Trump: divide Russia & China
0:18 US-Russia talks
1:01 USA says China is 'greatest threat'
2:11 (CLIP) Trump on Russia & China
3:31 US dollar dominance
4:14 Divide & conquer
5:23 Nixon in China
6:06 Kissinger strategy
6:59 Trump's neocons
7:57 (CLIP) Marco Rubio: partner with Russia
8:20 Ally with Russia against China?
9:37 (CLIP) Tucker Carlson on Russia
11:01 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on Russia
11:42 Marco Rubio on Ukraine & China
12:34 Rubio: China challenges US-led order
13:05 Rubio: China wants to displace USA
13:40 Rubio: China is "greatest challenge"
14:20 China more powerful than Russia
14:40 Population
14:54 Economy
15:31 Manufacturing
15:58 Technology
16:56 Research
17:19 China's alternative
18:08 Competition to Silicon Valley
18:55 Russia's strengths
20:02 Brzezinski's warnings
20:49 BRICS & SCO
22:21 (CLIP) CIA director John Ratcliffe
23:21 CIA on China "threat"
25:07 (CLIP) Blinken on China "challenge"
25:31 Mike Pompeo on China
26:14 US imperialism & Panama Canal
27:15 Monroe Doctrine
27:46 Europe
29:03 JD Vance
30:04 US colonialism in Ukraine
32:41 (CLIP) Trump wants to expand USA
33:10 Imperial expansion
33:44 European right wing
34:45 Can Trump divide Russia & China?
35:09 Putin's rise to power
35:55 (CLIP) Bush on Putin
36:30 Russia tried to join the West
37:31 Russia's fall out with the West
38:07 Ukraine war context
38:39 Russia-China relations
39:41 Sanctions relief?
40:28 Security guarantees?
41:56 Can USA be trusted?
43:25 Is there a possibility?
46:36 Outro
