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