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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