Geopolitical Economy Report

Episodes

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  Big Tech CEOs fear AI bubble could pop soon: US govt is protecting them 05.10.2026 29m

  Why are executives of AI companies, like Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, suddenly warning that artificial intelligence poses an "existential risk" to humanity? And why did Donald Trump invite Big Tech billionaire oligarchs to the White House for a "morally binding" agreement to "self-regulate"? There are more and more signs that the AI bubble is getting dangerously large, and could pop soon. Corporate insiders want to cash out before it's too late -- and the US government is helping them. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsFHQ81nMHk Topics 0:00 Does AI pose existential risk? 1:42 Trump meeting with Big Tech CEOs 3:19 AI is in biggest bubble in history 4:09 IPOs of Anthropic and OpenAI 5:28 China is now leading in AI 6:53 Silicon Valley wants to ban Chinese AI 8:30 Trump warns of AI race with China 9:09 Data centers push up electricity price 10:01 Anthropic is losing tons of money 10:57 OpenAI has huge losses 11:34 Only 2% of US households pay for AI 12:34 AI industry delusion: 9% of GDP 13:45 AI bubble is largest ever 14:29 US economy in recession, excluding AI 15:16 Circular financing of AI companies 16:27 Hyperscaler capex exceeds $1 trillion 17:25 Debt of AI companies is growing 17:59 US bond yields rise rapidly 19:00 AI companies taking on more debt 20:29 Michael Burry warns bubble may pop 21:38 US stock market concentration 24:13 Buffett Indicator: 235% of GDP 25:07 Anthropic's cynical marketing 26:06 Largest IPOs in history 27:47 SpaceX stock crashed after IPO 28:31 US government denies bubble
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  US official threatens: We can overthrow 'any country we want' 01.10.2026 25m

  The CIA has organized coups d'etat in countries around the world. But this is not just history; it still happens today. US ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle, a top ally of Donald Trump (and former fiancée of his son), threatened a Greek minister by pointing to the collapse of Romania's government and saying, “We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here”. Her remarks recalled a comment from oligarch Elon Musk, who declared, "We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it". Ben Norton analyzes US imperialism. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW24Pp__UTA Topics 0:00 US interventions and coups 1:39 US ambassador threatens Greece 4:56 Collapse of Romanian government 5:52 US-backed coup in Greece in 1967 6:48 Europe becomes US vassal 7:43 EU surrenders to Trump on trade 9:10 Trump demands EU buy US gas 10:26 Vertical gas corridor to Ukraine 11:48 EU imports of US LNG 12:40 Corruption and imperialism 14:13 Elon Musk vows more coups 15:43 US-backed coup in Bolivia in 2019 16:36 CIA coup in Chile in 1973 17:05 CIA coup in Guatemala in 1954 17:47 US coups in Brazil and Argentina 18:48 US coups in Venezuela 20:05 (CLIP) John Bolton boasts of coups 21:14 US coup in Honduras 22:13 Coup against Pakistan's Imran Khan 22:52 US blockade of Cuba 23:39 Global imperialist dictatorship
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  The real reason why Trump invited China's President Xi to Washington 25.09.2026 33m

  Donald Trump has been a China hawk for years, and he waged a brutal trade war against the country. So why did the US leader invite Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington, DC for a summit? The White House dinner, featuring the CEOs of top corporations, helps explain why. Ben Norton analyzes the complex state of US-China relations following Trump's failed trade war. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueqdJ8vjInE Topics 0:00 Xi Jinping visits USA 1:20 Cold War Two 2:07 Cold War One history 3:16 USA sees China as threat 4:48 Trump's trade war backfired 6:02 US-China economic integration 7:10 Trump's tariffs hurt manufacturing 8:05 Rare earths and critical minerals 9:52 Strategic stability meaning 11:26 Trump-Xi summit in Washington 12:16 Corporate CEOs attend dinner 15:53 Scott Bessent met at JPMorgan 16:33 China: largest consumer market 17:47 Trump's trip to Beijing 19:26 US corporations want market access 19:51 Windows loses market share 20:34 Apple faces restrictions in China 21:44 Tesla makes most cars in Shanghai 22:12 Google kicked out of China 22:43 Meta wants access to Chinese market 23:54 AI arms race 25:17 Trump: "Whoever wins AI, wins!" 26:31 Silicon Valley demonizes China 27:08 China's open-source AI models 28:26 Chip war 30:35 US attacks blow back 31:57 New cold war continues
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  Biggest oil crisis in history: The REAL reason why gasoline is so expensive 21.09.2026 25m

  Gasoline prices are skyrocketing, breaking records, after the US war against Iran caused the biggest oil supply disruption in history. Ben Norton explains the geopolitical and economic reasons for the energy crisis, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and disruption of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, sabotage of the Saudi East-West Pipeline, Ukraine's attacks on Russian refineries and diesel storage depots, China's reduction of crude imports and renewable energy policies, and falling global oil reserves. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTSgA8qwIZ8 Topics 0:00 Largest oil crisis in history 1:30 Price of gasoline skyrockets 2:03 Diesel prices break records 3:07 US midterm election approaches 3:59 Inflation and Donald Trump 5:09 Fed raises interest rates 5:49 US bond market problems 7:13 Trump is unpopular, and desperate 8:19 Saudi oil pipeline attacked 10:59 Bab al-Mandab Strait 11:34 US-Saudi war on Yemen backfires 13:59 US deal with Houthis (Ansarallah) 14:45 Crisis in Saudi Arabia 16:11 Ukraine hits Russian oil facilities 17:37 China reduces crude oil imports 18:56 Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) 19:41 China's solar and wind power 20:33 China increases oil imports 21:39 Global oil reserves running low 22:27 US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) 23:23 Energy crisis will get worse 25:09 Outro
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  The dollar is a weapon: How the US controls countries with financial colonialism 17.09.2026 29m

  The USA uses the dollar as a weapon to control countries, by imposing sanctions; cutting governments, banks, and companies out of the US-dominated financial system; and taking over the oil revenue of nations like Iraq and Venezuela. Ben Norton explains how US financial colonialism works. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkza5cRBuG4 Topics 0:00 US empire 1:16 CIA-backed coups 1:42 US sanctions one-third of world 2:23 Why sanctions are so destructive 4:23 US financial attacks blow back 4:49 BRICS seeks alternatives 5:56 Petrodollar system in crisis 7:02 How USA controls Iraq's oil revenue 10:26 USA threatens Iraq over Iran 12:12 Economic difficulties for Iraqis 13:34 US colonial scheme in Venezuela 14:39 China, world's biggest oil importer 15:18 Iraqi plans to sell oil in yuan 17:07 US attacks China-built schools 18:34 Trump attack on Iraq in 2020 20:08 US military occupation of Iraq 21:00 Iran attacks US military bases 21:49 Petrodollar system is breaking 25:30 US bond market problems 27:15 Iran war fuels inflation 27:50 US aggression is backfiring 29:16 Outro
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  BRICS grows stronger: US threats unify China, India, Russia, as they challenge dollar system 13.09.2026 43m

  Trump's attacks on BRICS have backfired, forcing China, India, and Russia closer together. The Global South-led organization held a summit in New Delhi, where leaders discussed plans to challenge the US dollar system, by connecting new payment systems using local currencies. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feQmxuMB2xw Topics 0:00 Rise of BRICS 1:04 BRICS summit in New Delhi 2:52 China and India improve relations 5:10 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) 7:28 BRICS challenges US dollar system 9:32 Local currency payment systems 14:13 Debates about replacing US dollar 16:19 Central banks stockpile gold 17:43 Gold overtakes US Treasuries in reserves 18:40 Trump threatens BRICS 19:10 Trump's aggression against India 20:29 US strategy to recruit India against China 23:28 Modi, BJP, and Congress 25:41 US attacks on BRICS backfire 27:18 India-Russia relations 29:40 BRICS+: 10 members and 10 partners 30:28 BRICS: 56% of world population 30:51 BRICS: 44% of global GDP 31:56 BRICS overtakes G7 in economy 33:21 Indonesia's PM Prabowo 33:55 Ethiopia's PM Abiy Ahmed 34:35 Vietnam participates in BRICS summit 35:52 Malaysia's PM Anwar supports Iran 37:20 India balances between Iran and Israel 38:27 Internal conflict: UAE attacks Iran 39:43 BRICS agrees to joint statement 40:46 Reform of UN Security Council 42:32 US unilateralism strengthens BRICS 43:12 Outro
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  Biden & Trump families scam their own supporters with meme coins 11.09.2026 19m

  More and more US politicians are promoting crypto rug pull scams targeting their own supporters. Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden, created a meme coin called the Laptop token, the price of which crashed by 99% an hour after launching. Donald Trump and his wife Melania also launched meme coins that immediately imploded, with fans losing their money while insiders cashed out. Ben Norton explains the extreme corruption in the United States, which is spreading to other countries like Argentina. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCf0Kd7w57g Topics 0:00 US financial schemes 1:11 Hunter Biden's Laptop meme coin 2:26 Hunter Biden's excuses 3:57 Extreme hypocrisy 5:20 Cynical US politics 6:37 Trump meme coin rug pull 7:15 Melania meme coin rug pull 7:46 Trump family makes billions on crypto 8:31 Impunity for US politicians 9:03 NYC Token of ex Mayor Eric Adams 9:46 Javier Milei promotes Libra token scam 10:54 Argentina's political scandal 12:14 Blatant corruption in Washington 14:07 Trump tries to buy midterm elections 15:08 Insider trading in US Congress 16:54 China imprisons corrupt billionaires 18:40 Rule of law: China vs USA
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  USA voted against the ENTIRE WORLD, opposing equal representation of Africa 08.09.2026 17m

  The United States votes against the entire world in a United Nations General Assembly resolution that called for the UN to adopt a more accurate Equal Earth world map, replacing the colonial-era Mercator projection (of year 1569), which distorts the size of the West, making it look much larger, while Africa appears small. Ben Norton explains how the US empire opposes decolonization and is trying to revive colonialism. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJBb87BUP4M Topics 0:00 US is a rogue state 0:43 UN vote: 164 to 1 (USA) 1:15 More accurate world map 1:39 Mercator projection 2:34 True size of Africa 3:26 African proposal 3:48 How countries voted at UN 4:21 Ukraine opposes Global South 4:59 US calls it "radical ideology" 5:53 USA is NOT center of universe 6:55 US rewrites history 7:51 Imperialist McKinley 8:55 Trump vows to expand US empire 9:04 (CLIP) Trump: 'enlarge' US territory 9:55 Trump threatens to annex neighbors 11:17 US empire revives colonialism 11:57 Donroe Doctrine 13:56 USA wants to reverse decolonization 14:54 (CLIP) Marco Rubio colonialist speech 16:19 It's not just about a world map 17:34 Outro
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  Why the warmongering CIA supported 'feminist' icon Gloria Steinem 05.09.2026 36m

  Liberal feminist icon Gloria Steinem, a close ally of warmonger Hillary Clinton, has passed away at age 92. What many people don't know is that she was a CIA agent. Ben Norton explains how the CIA has cultivated a pro-imperialist, anti-communist "compatible left", who spread propaganda portraying the US empire as a "progressive" force, while the USA oppresses the Global South, waging nonstop wars and organizing countless coups d'etat. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQCeMM9fOK8 Topics 0:00 Gloria Steinem, CIA agent 1:42 Hillary Clinton, warmonger 2:57 US-NATO war brought slavery to Libya 3:44 Imperialist 'feminism' 4:38 Steinem's work for the CIA 6:18 CIA's 'compatible left' 8:18 (CLIP) Steinem admits to CIA work 9:37 CIA coup in Iran 10:46 CIA coup in Guatemala 12:08 CIA meddling in foreign elections 12:26 CIA interfered in Italy's 1948 elections 13:41 US empire opposes real democracy 14:31 US-backed atrocities in Indonesia 17:45 Imperialist feminists for war 19:02 US wars cause millions of deaths 20:42 US interventions 21:31 Congress for Cultural Freedom 22:52 Propaganda on 'totalitarianism' 23:17 Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany 25:02 CIA supported Hannah Arendt 27:58 CIA funded anti-communist intellectuals 30:48 'Democracy vs autocracy' narrative 33:24 AOC's liberal imperialism 34:49 US empire's true face 36:22 Outro
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  Why the world prefers China over the USA 02.09.2026 39m

  Poll after poll shows that the world increasingly prefers China over the United States. So why are people in so many countries, especially the youth, "Chinamaxxing"? Ben Norton explains how China has developed a new political, economic, and technological model; promoted a non-interventionist foreign policy, which supports the sovereignty of the Global South; and built a socialist market economy, which offers an alternative to the neoliberal capitalism imposed by the West. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYgRMgKtup0 Topics 0:00 Polls show China more popular than USA 0:54 Global South prefers China 2:31 Global South tired of US interventions 4:21 Even Europe now prefers China 5:41 Younger people prefer China 6:17 Why China is more popular 6:47 Multipolarity vs US-led unipolarity 7:11 Media propaganda on "Chinamaxxing" 8:12 Media attacks Hasan Piker 9:06 Why are people "Chinamaxxing"? 9:35 War on Iran 10:36 US empire's war on international law 12:23 China's alternative vision for world 12:57 US vs China: imperialism vs multipolarity 13:31 (CLIP) Marco Rubio praises colonialism 15:11 (CLIP) Wang Yi promotes multilateralism 16:26 Foreign policy: China vs USA 17:32 Why young people like China 19:27 US political-economic system in crisis 20:17 Increasing interest in socialism 22:10 China's poverty reduction 24:36 Alternative to neoliberal capitalism 26:09 China's socialist market economy 27:37 Public ownership in China 28:40 State-owned enterprises (SOEs) 29:15 Perspective on socialism: USA vs China 31:13 Capitalist propaganda 32:27 China's peaceful alternative 33:03 China's technological progress 34:45 Global Governance Initiative 37:08 Growth of new multipolar world order 38:19 Why China is increasingly popular 39:11 Outro
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  The most important political scandal you haven't heard of 28.08.2026 47m

  An enormous scandal is unfolding in Latin America, which says everything about politics in the 21st century. Far-right Argentine election meddling specialist Fernando Cerimedo was arrested in Bolivia after hiring hitmen to try to assassinate his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Nadia Beller. They failed, and she is now revealing the truth. Cerimedo has deep links to the US government and Donald Trump's top allies, such as Marco Rubio. Cerimedo worked for many US-backed right-wing leaders in Latin America, including Argentina's Javier Milei, Bolivia's Rodrigo Paz, Brazil's Bolsonaro family, and Honduras' Nasry "Tito" Asfura. Cerimedo is now also being investigated for drug trafficking. Ben Norton explains this insane scandal, which exposes how powerful US-backed right-wing groups, with funding from rich oligarchs, are manipulating elections and destroying democracy. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqIJDC5gsl8 Sources and links here: https://www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/fernando-cerimedo-elections-latin-america-trump-us Topics 0:00 Huge election meddling scandal 1:05 Criminal Fernando Cerimedo 1:40 La Derecha Diario 3:06 Attack on Nadia Beller 4:18 Drug trafficking allegations 5:26 Bot farms spread disinfo 7:36 Bots dysfunction after arrest 8:49 US government propaganda 9:36 Shield of the Americas 11:03 Neocolonial Donroe Doctrine 11:33 Op against Latin American left 13:29 Argentina's Javier Milei 13:57 Elon Musk in Argentina 14:42 Corruption in Argentina 18:42 Bolivia's Rodrigo Paz 21:01 Honduras' Nasry "Tito" Asfura 21:42 Trump pardons drug lord JOH 22:17 Election meddling in Honduras 24:22 Election interference 25:18 Coup attempt in Brazil 26:41 Bolsonaro family 28:15 Mar-a-Lago & Latino Wall Street 30:48 Cerimedo's links to US gov't 31:35 Damián Merlo, lobbyist 32:50 Mauricio Claver-Carone, Trump advisor 33:50 Lobbying in Washington 35:02 Marco Rubio & María Elvira Salazar 36:20 Brad Parscale, Trump campaign chief 39:58 La Derecha Diario erases evidence 40:58 Javier Negre, new owner 42:17 La Derecha Diario's fake news 44:18 Javier Negre takes credit for elections 45:31 US neocolonialism in Latin America 46:23 This is NOT "democracy" 47:33 Outro
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  The truth behind Trump's trade war with Canada: It will blow back 25.08.2026 38m

  Donald Trump has restarted his trade war with Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney revealed that the US government made last-minute demands for control over Canada's trade deals, critical minerals, and French language policies, violating the country's sovereignty. Ben Norton explains how the trade war could blow back, given the USA's dependence on Canadian oil, exacerbating the global energy crisis caused by Trump's war on Iran. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D97iyWy4-KU Check out our related video explaining why the US lost its trade war with China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtuYVMrXmAM Topics 0:00 US trade war with Canada 1:17 US dependence on Canada's oil 2:35 Potential blowback on US economy 3:25 Trump sabotages his own USMCA 4:52 Trump's "art of the deal" 5:52 US violated deals with Iran 6:48 US "power play" with Canada 7:57 (CLIP) PM Mark Carney on sovereignty 9:03 US demands of Canada 9:52 (CLIP) PM Carney on trade deals 10:14 Canada's critical minerals 11:02 French language in Canada 13:11 "51st state" threats 14:41 Canadians see USA as top threat 14:57 US official talks of war with Canada 15:48 (CLIP) Transport Secretary Sean Duffy 16:11 Canada's trade surplus with USA 17:40 Canada defends itself 19:31 Prime Minister Mark Carney 21:38 (CLIP) Carney admits Western hypocrisy 22:20 Canada moves closer to China 23:33 Carney's speech on trade war 23:57 (CLIP) Carney: USA can't be trusted 24:48 More US demands of Canada 26:00 (CLIP) Canada energy exports to US 26:40 Canadian crude and US refineries 28:24 US oil imports 32:18 US energy vulnerability 32:46 US oil reserves running out 34:09 Gasoline prices rise before midterms 34:54 Why Trump will likely lose 36:56 Trump lost his trade war with China 37:48 Outro
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  How USA & Israel put drug cartel-linked puppet in power in Colombia 19.08.2026 45m

  Colombia's former President Gustavo Petro formally accused the USA and Israel of meddling in his country's election to put in power new far-right leader Abelardo de la Espriella, a US citizen and Trump ally who worked as a lawyer for years in Miami, Florida, defending drug traffickers. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rBhz7_rlg0 Check out our related video on the Sandinista Revolution and Nicaragua's resistance against US imperialism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIXMyFvMeMc Topics 0:00 US & Israeli meddling in Colombian election 2:34 US-backed coups in Latin America 4:23 Abelardo de la Espriella, US citizen 6:36 De la Espriella defended drug traffickers 8:19 US govt supports drug traffickers 11:17 De la Espriella's business interests 12:14 De la Espriella's botox scandals 13:40 Far-right paramilitaries in Colombia 15:42 Sociopathy 16:23 Colombia's new right-wing regime 16:52 Marco Rubio 17:27 US military alliance with Colombia 18:27 US-backed narco leader Álvaro Uribe 19:58 Marco Rubio's extremist ties 20:34 War on Drugs 2.0 22:13 Ecuador's narco-dictator Daniel Noboa 23:38 Operation Condor 2.0 25:27 Colonialist Donroe Doctrine 26:53 Gustavo Petro cut ties with Israel 28:48 Israel's new alliance with Colombia 29:53 Colombia: the Israel of Latin America 31:08 Israel occupies Syria's Golan Heights 32:50 Morocco occupies Western Sahara 33:23 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 36:00 Morocco supports Israel 36:53 US backs Morocco in Western Sahara 38:09 Colombia's relations with China 39:39 US Cold War Two against China 40:22 US puppet regimes in Latin America 41:15 US National Security Strategy 42:45 Neocolonialism 43:56 Anti-imperialist resistance 45:23 Outro
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  Dollar system in crisis: Why the US bailed out Japan 14.08.2026 35m

  The US government quietly bailed out Japan. The Treasury intervened in the foreign exchange market to try to stabilize the yen, the Japanese currency. Ben Norton explains how this reflects a larger, structural problem with the dollar system. Japan is the largest holder of US Treasury securities (US government debt), and Washington doesn't want other countries to sell its bonds, fearing that yields could rise and cause a debt crisis. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngGQrWxNdV4 Topics 0:00 USA bails out Japan 1:04 Japanese yen falls against USD 1:29 USA will "do whatever it takes" 2:21 Japan's holdings of US Treasuries 3:03 China de-dollarizes 3:31 US empire and Japan 4:26 Japan's role in dollar system 5:32 Carry trade 7:24 Wall Street benefits 8:24 Real reason for US intervention 9:39 US fears sales of its bonds 10:37 US bond yields rise 11:38 US government debt 12:14 Inflation in US 12:56 Foreign demand for US bonds 14:35 Seizure of Russian assets 16:06 Central banks buy gold 16:55 US bond market problems 17:58 US Treasury sells euro 19:37 Crisis in dollar system 22:07 Dollar dominance in decline 24:30 Why the yen is falling so much 24:51 Energy crisis and Iran War 26:57 Inflation in Japan 27:47 Interest rates in Japan 29:25 US govt backs carry trade 30:36 Economic stagnation in Japan 31:03 Enormous debt to GDP in Japan 33:10 US debt problems 33:44 Slow-motion financial crisis 34:46 Outro
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  Jaw-dropping corruption: Trump admin insiders profit from war on Iran 10.08.2026 17m

  Donald Trump administration insiders have been widely accused of corruption, insider trading, and market manipulation related to the US war on Iran. Ben Norton analyzes the evidence, showing why this may explain Washington's contradictory policies and flip-flopping between bombings and peace talks. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUkg472Ia1Q Topics 0:00 Trump TACOs on Iran War 1:40 USA has no clear strategy 2:49 Market manipulation 4:30 Oil market volatility 5:50 Options trading 6:49 Iran alleges US corruption 8:31 Steve Witkoff & Jared Kushner 9:56 Insider trading accusations 10:57 Shady trades on Wall Street 11:28 Corruption in US Congress 12:43 Trump sells early access 14:12 Big Oil sees record profits 14:42 USA is losing the war 15:22 Rich oligarchs are winning 17:27 Outro
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  Trump has no plan for his war on Iran. The US refuses to admit defeat. 05.08.2026 22m

  The US government has no plan for the war that Donald Trump launched against Iran. The Pentagon is desperately asking analysts for ideas. Tehran won, but Washington refuses to admit it. Ben Norton explains what exactly is happening, and why the United States lost so badly. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25J1gdTCx_o Topics 0:00 Trump has no plan for Iran war 1:37 USA lost and Iran won 2:59 Trump threatens Iran 3:53 USA bombed schools 5:15 Trump's empty rhetoric 7:54 US allies in Persian Gulf 10:28 Yemen and Saudi Arabia 12:01 US military runs out of missiles 14:37 Iran destroys US bases 15:38 Iran expels US troops 18:20 Iran has the leverage 19:05 Trump always chickens out (TACO) 20:32 Iran strengthened, USA weakened 22:34 Outro
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  Trump is desperate as Iran war expands, US casualties rise, military runs out of missiles 31.07.2026 32m

  The US war on Iran keeps expanding into a regional conflict, as more countries get involved. Reports show that Donald Trump is getting desperate, and he is frantically seeking an off-ramp. Washington announced a "pause" to the fighting, but it lasted just four days. Ben Norton explains the three main reasons why the United States is desperately seeking an exit: one, the Pentagon is running out of missile interceptors; two, the number of casualties among American troops is steadily increasing; and three, Yemen joined the conflict, attacking Saudi oil infrastructure, exacerbating the energy crisis. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPBI8ukcA_4 Topics 0:00 Iran war expands 2:41 More countries join conflict 3:58 Trump is 'exasperated' 5:49 US 'pause' failed 6:19 Three main reasons 7:53 US violates agreements 9:53 USA lost & Iran won 10:40 US military running low on missiles 12:36 Gulf monarchies 13:38 Patriot interceptors 16:07 Pentagon orders old missiles 17:54 Preparing for war on China 18:47 China vs USA: industrial capacity 21:02 Pentagon hides US casualties 24:26 Yemen joins war 26:21 Blockade of Red Sea 27:45 Houthi attacks on Saudi oil 29:20 Energy crisis 30:14 Oil reserves running low 30:44 Iran has won 32:14 Outro
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  Iran war expands: Oil market in crisis as Yemen enters conflict 25.07.2026 27m

  The US war against Iran is expanding into a larger regional conflict. After Trump sabotaged a diplomatic agreement, Tehran closed the Strait of Hormuz. Now Yemen's Ansar Allah (known commonly as the Houthis) has declared a naval blockade of Saudi Arabia, shutting down oil exports in the Red Sea. Ben Norton explains how this escalation could cause a severe crisis in the global energy market. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzJNwRPOnFs Topics 0:00 Trump restarts Iran war 1:26 Yemen joins the war 2:45 Red Sea blockade 3:28 Oil transit chokepoints 5:05 Saudi East-West Pipeline 5:55 China cuts oil imports 6:27 Saudi oil exports 6:59 Oil price skyrockets 7:55 Gasoline prices rise 9:17 Potential for oil crisis 10:31 Reserves running low 11:21 Yemen explainer 13:07 Ansar Allah (Houthis) 22:05 Axis of Resistance 23:58 Iran grows stronger 27:17 Outro
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  This country is resisting US meddling, and fighting back! 21.07.2026 27m

  US global dominance is rapidly declining, as China rises. So Washington wants to forcibly impose its hegemony in Latin America, invoking the colonial Monroe Doctrine. However, people are fighting back. Nicaragua's Sandinista government is resisting US imperialism and continuing its revolution. Ben Norton reports. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIXMyFvMeMc
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  Trump restarts war on Iran, but has no way out: The US lost 17.07.2026 28m

  Donald Trump violated the diplomatic agreement and restarted the war, bombing Iran and re-imposing a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Ben Norton explains why the US government will fail, because it has no plan and lacks leverage, whereas Tehran and its decentralized military have escalation dominance. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFHvtxgR5A8 Topics 0:00 Trump restarts war on Iran 0:36 USA violates agreements 1:49 USA won't accept defeat 3:07 Strait of Hormuz 5:37 Iran hits US allies in Gulf 7:20 Iran's decentralized military 8:43 Drones 10:25 Iran already won the war 10:56 Trump has no plan 13:13 Strait of Hormuz fees 13:51 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on fees 14:05 US fees vs Iran fees 14:52 Insanity of ground invasion 17:34 Scheme to seize Kharg Island 18:48 Oil and gasoline price 21:42 Strategic Petroleum Reserve 23:36 Global oil reserves running low 24:59 Danger of empire in decline 27:42 Outro