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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

Donald Trump has again paused the US war on Iran. Why? 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. Ben Norton explains.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bptw9_glRb8

Topics

0:00 Reasons why Trump paused war

1:58 USA violates agreements

3:58 The US lost. Iran won

4:44 US military running low on missiles

6:25 Gulf monarchies

7:26 Patriot interceptors

9:55 Pentagon orders old missiles

11:43 Preparing for war on China

12:36 China vs USA: industrial capacity

14:50 Pentagon hides US casualties

18:15 Yemen joins war

20:10 Blockade of Red Sea

21:42 Houthi attacks on Saudi oil

22:48 Energy crisis

24:03 Oil reserves running low

24:33 Iran has won

25:58 Outro

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

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

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