Donald Trump vowed to "take over" and "own" Gaza. The US government plans to divide the Palestinian territory into a "green zone" run by Western allies, while trapping Gazans in a "red zone", which won't be rebuilt. The USA hopes investors will make hundreds of billions of dollars. Ben Norton reports on the colonial scheme.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW3wX4bVoU4

Topics

0:00 Colonial US-Israeli plan for Gaza

1:29 Israel's fake Gaza "ceasefire"

4:27 Trump vows to "take over" Gaza

4:49 (CLIP) Trump: USA will "own" Gaza

5:04 Plan to divide Gaza

6:00 Map of Gaza divisions

6:50 European troops will occupy Gaza

8:04 "Green Zone" in Iraq War

9:38 Leaked blueprint for Gaza

10:38 Benjamin Netanyahu

11:34 Colonial plan for Gaza

12:32 IMEC: India-Middle East-Europe Corridor

13:07 China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

14:21 Gaza plan

14:54 "Investment" in Gaza

16:05 Colonialism

16:29 Geopolitical strategy

17:33 US vision of West Asia (Middle East)

18:18 Trump Gaza Riviera & Elon Musk zone

19:02 Corporations exploit low-paid Palestinian workers

19:57 Gaza's offshore natural gas fields

20:43 Colonial-style land leases

22:27 Tokenization scheme

23:07 "Voluntary relocation" of Palestinians

25:22 Jared Kushner is US "mediator" with Israel

26:10 (CLIP) Kushner on Gaza "waterfront property"

26:22 Western colonialism in Palestine

28:04 Outro

Donald Trump admitted he wants to “take over” Venezuela and its oil. Marco Rubio is overseeing the war plans, aiming to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro and install US puppet María Corina Machado, who vowed to privatize Venezuela's natural resources and sell off $1.7 trillion of her country's assets to North American corporations. Ben Norton explains.

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

Topics

0:00 US war on Venezuela

1:16 (CLIP) Trump wants to take Venezuela's oil

1:28 Venezuela has world's largest oil reserves

1:37 US coup attempt with Juan Guaidó

2:08 US support for dictatorships in Latin America

2:36 Venezuela has critical minerals, like rare earths

2:59 Colonialist Monroe Doctrine

3:31 Psychological war

3:58 (CLIP) Trump: Maduro's "days are numbered"

4:54 US war plans

6:15 "Cartel of the Sons" does NOT exist

7:44 Marco Rubio: war planner

8:20 US military buildup in Caribbean

9:26 CIA operations in Venezuela

10:18 Three options in US war plans

11:36 Chevron wants Venezuela's oil

12:26 Imperialist "Americas First" policy

14:11 War on Terror plus War on Drugs

14:44 Polls: North Americans oppose Trump's war

16:03 US government is an oligarchy

16:30 Coup leader: María Corina Machado

18:01 Nobel "Peace" Prize for US wars

19:17 Machado wants to privatize Venezuela's oil

19:44 (CLIP) Machado: US companies will profit

20:38 Machado speaks alongside Donald Trump

21:24 Miami Mayor Francis Suarez

22:01 (CLIP) Miami mayor praises María Corina Machado

22:13 US government supports Machado

22:49 (CLIP) Machado thanks US officials for support

23:41 Machado offers to sell $1.7 trillion in assets

24:22 (CLIP) Machado's "massive privatization program"

25:35 Machado's USA-first foreign policy

26:02 (CLIP) Machado attacks China, Russia, Iran

27:59 Next targets of US empire: Cuba & Nicaragua

28:40 (CLIP) Threatening regime change in Cuba & Nicaragua

29:18 Machado's Bloomberg interview

29:40 (CLIP) Machado vows to sell off natural resources

30:21 Privatizations create oligarchies

31:12 (CLIP) Machado: Make oligarchy great again

31:50 US-Venezuelan oligarch Vanessa Neumann

32:49 Obscene wealth of Venezuelan oligarchs

35:32 Thor Halvorssen: Venezuelan oligarch family

36:21 Leopoldo López: Venezuelan oligarch

37:04 Venezuelan oligarchs: corrupt tools of US empire

38:02 María Corina Machado conspires with USA

38:44 (CLIP) Machado admits US gov't support

39:53 Pro-war Nobel "Peace" Prize laureate

40:26 (CLIP) Machado supports Trump's war

40:56 Nobel "Peace" Prize: tool of US wars

41:25 (CLIP) Machado: Nobel Prize helps war

41:59 Summary

43:19 Outro

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang fears China will win the AI race, as OpenAI asks the US government for "federal guarantees" and a "backstop". The unsustainability of the enormous AI bubble is becoming clear to everyone, and Silicon Valley Big Tech executives want to be guaranteed a bailout. Ben Norton explains.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4odSW2lSUyI

Check out our related video on the AI bubble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXCVrLPTUHQ

Topics

0:00 (CLIPS) OpenAI wants US gov't "backstop"

0:31 US-China AI race

1:13 Nvidia sells shovels in AI gold rush

3:05 China restricts Nvidia chips

3:47 Nvidia CEO: China is winning AI race

5:50 AI bubble

7:21 OpenAI CFO asks for federal "backstop"

8:11 (CLIP) OpenAI CFO on US gov't support

8:51 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

9:22 (CLIP) US gov't as "insurer of last resort"

9:49 Too Big to Fail 2.0

10:53 Sam Altman backtracks

11:58 OpenAI letter asks US gov't for support

14:32 Banning Chinese AI competitors

15:31 Trump supports OpenAI & Sam Altman

16:19 (CLIP) Sam Altman at White House

16:36 Sam Altman donates to Trump

17:03 Chinese open-source AI models

17:56 US corporations want monopolies

18:58 Peter Thiel & Sam Altman

19:34 (CLIP) "Competition is for losers"

20:10 OpenAI's circular financing scheme

22:32 OpenAI owes $1.4 trillion

23:24 OpenAI is losing money

24:42 Silicon Valley's business model: monopoly

26:15 China's AI advantage: electricity

27:08 The "electron gap"

28:24 Electricity generation: China vs USA

29:30 AI data centers drive up electricity bills

29:52 Electricity price in USA

30:36 Electricity prices: China vs USA

31:49 BlackRock buys up US power grid

33:02 Trump closes solar power projects

33:48 Trump cancels wind power projects

34:39 US fossil fuel corporations

35:12 Summary

36:34 Outro

The US government is politically isolated on the world stage. This can be seen in the UN General Assembly votes demanding an end to the USA's embargo of Cuba. Almost all of the world opposes the illegal economic blockade. Ben Norton explains how the CIA has waged a terrorist war on Cuba, Venezuela, and other parts of Latin America for decades.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKF-jrrv5yA

Sources and links here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/11/03/embargo-blockade-cuba-un-vote/

Check out our related video on Trump's neocolonial attacks on Latin America: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/10/27/donroe-doctrine-trump-neocolonial-plan-latin-america/

Topics

0:00 US government is very unpopular

1:21 World votes against USA at UN

2:06 USA has just 6 key allies

2:46 Viktor Orbán's Hungary

3:30 Javier Milei's Argentina

4:14 Trump's global pressure campaign

5:40 Past UNGA votes on Cuba embargo

6:45 Trump-Rubio campaign failed

8:27 Russia and Ukraine factor

9:54 Trump's international allies

11:16 Marco Rubio, coup-plotting war hawk

13:30 US economic war on Cuba

14:05 Stated goals of US blockade

16:30 Secondary sanctions

17:38 Trump & Rubio threaten Cuba

18:04 USA's fake "terror" list

20:41 Fidel Castro: 638 assassination attempts

21:27 Operation Northwoods: CIA terror war

23:04 US terror war on Venezuela

25:24 US military forced to sign NDAs

26:11 Donroe Doctrine: Trump's neocolonialism

26:48 Outro

Donald Trump is losing the trade war on China, which he started. The agreement he made at the meeting with President Xi Jinping shows how the US is much more dependent on the Chinese economy than vice versa. Political economist Ben Norton explains how Trump's tariffs have hurt American workers, especially farmers, while China advances as a new technological and manufacturing superpower.

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

Topics

0:00 Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping

1:07 China successfully defends itself

2:58 China is a new "economic superpower"

4:04 This is a one-year "tactical detente"

4:47 Details of Trump-Xi agreement

6:20 Trump undoes "self-inflicted" damage

7:02 Scott Bessent claimed China had "losing hand"

7:40 China is less dependent on US economy

8:24 Analyzing US-China trade

9:59 USA is dependent on Chinese tech

11:06 China is a manufacturing superpower

12:08 China's domestic revenue vs exports

13:43 Bipartisan US trade war

14:30 One-year trade truce

15:40 US midterm elections coming up in 2026

16:12 Poll: Republicans (and Dems) are unpopular

16:48 Trump's low approval rating of 39%

17:27 US consumers pay for Trump's tariffs

18:54 Inflation and US economic problems

20:58 US manufacturing jobs decline

22:32 Soybean war: Trump's tariffs hurt farmers

24:38 China buys soybeans from Latin America

25:25 Trump's bailout of farmers

27:24 China's rare earth dominance

28:58 US industry needs China's rare earths

30:40 Chip war: US semiconductor restrictions

31:54 China develops domestic chip industry

33:40 China's new 5-year plan pushes tech

34:31 Made in China 2025 industrial policy

35:45 China leads in critical technologies

37:22 China's "technological self-reliance"

38:25 USA is losing trade war

39:25 Outro

Donald Trump imposed sanctions on Russia's top oil companies, but the US still can't stop the war in Ukraine. NATO's goals cannot be met, as the world is increasingly multipolar and Western power is declining. Geopolitical economist Radhika Desai analyzes the conflict with journalist Anatol Lieven and China-based economic geographer Mick Dunford.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=359p5RC2JE8

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The Donald Trump administration seeks to forcibly impose the US empire's hegemony in Latin America, waging war on Venezuela, imposing sanctions on Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, hitting Brazil with tariffs, and meddling in Argentina's election. Ben Norton explains how Trump and Marco Rubio are trying to cut off all western hemisphere ties with China and Russia, bringing back the colonial Monroe Doctrine, now known as the Donroe Doctrine.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcWH-LPyTow

Topics

0:00 Trump's war on Latin America

1:04 (CLIP) Trump meddles in Argentina's election

1:23 US imperial strategy in Latin America

2:02 (CLIP) Trump wants Venezuela's oil

2:14 Natural resources

2:41 Ties with China and Russia

3:02 Oligarchic counter-revolution

4:11 US war on Venezuela

7:50 Marco Rubio: coup-plotting war hawk

9:23 Fox News calls to colonize Venezuela

10:01 (CLIP) Fox News: Venezuela 51st US state

10:29 The "drug trafficking" excuse

11:10 Colombia's President Gustavo Petro

13:29 US-backed Colombian drug traffickers

14:24 US-backed drug lord Álvaro Uribe

17:05 The "war on drugs" is based on lies

18:10 Colombia moves closer to China

19:12 China: South America's top trading partner

20:41 USA meddles in Colombia's election

21:42 Monroe Doctrine to Donroe Doctrine

26:15 (CLIP) John Bolton boasts of coup attempt

27:05 Neocolonialism

28:26 US interventions in Latin America

30:32 USA colonized half of Mexico

31:11 Colonial "Banana Wars"

31:41 Goals of US war on Venezuela

32:33 William McKinley, imperialist

34:01 (CLIP) Trump vows to expand US empire

35:02 Trump takes mask off US empire

36:30 Outro

The US economy depends more and more on enormous bubbles in the stock market and AI. The 10% of richest Americans drive half of all spending, while the real economy in many states is in recession. If the bubble pops, it could cause a severe crisis. Political economist Ben Norton explains.

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

Topics

0:00 Economy divided between rich & everyone else

1:36 Many US states already in recession

3:11 Biggest stock market bubble in history

5:31 90% of stocks owned by 10% richest Americans

7:23 Magnificent Seven (Mag7) Big Tech stocks

9:07 Ten Titans Big Tech stocks

9:58 AI bubble

11:46 (CLIP) Jeff Bezos: AI is in "good bubble"

13:26 95% of AI pilot programs fail

13:55 Investors keep buying overvalued stocks

15:12 Markets can remain irrational

15:26 Irrational exuberance

15:50 Dot-com bubble

16:28 US share of global stock markets

17:28 US vs Chinese tech company revenue

18:24 Tesla vs global automotive industry

20:49 Top 10 US stocks: 16% global market cap

21:07 Recession

22:23 Stagflation

23:04 AI capex contribution to US GDP growth

25:07 AI is eating the economy

26:01 AI drives up electricity bills

26:50 Trump shuts down renewable energy

27:42 AI adds more to GDP than shopping

28:49 US job growth collapses

32:13 Bifurcated economy

33:01 Outro

The United States is waging a war on Venezuela. Donald Trump authorized the CIA to carry out "lethal operations" to try to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro. Meanwhile, the US military has killed innocent people in boats in the Caribbean, including citizens of Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago. Ben Norton reports.

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

Check out our related videos:

- Nobel Peace Prize winner supports Trump's war on Venezuela: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks9uDtd7Msc

- Trump-backed Venezuelan coup leader promises to give oil to US corporations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E7pHmYUCMk

Topics

0:00 USA wages war on Venezuela

1:56 Trump authorizes CIA to attack Venezuela

3:49 Goal of US war: regime change

7:18 (CLIP) Trump on CIA ops in Venezuela

8:02 Nobel "Peace" Prize winner wants more war

9:22 (CLIP) Venezuelan coup leader María Corina Machado

10:30 Trump recycles Bush's "WMD" lies

11:29 Facts about drug trafficking

12:44 (CLIP) Debunking Trump's Venezuela drug lies

14:11 Coup leader wants to give Venezuelan oil to USA

15:19 (CLIP) María Corina Machado vows to privatize oil

16:13 US military kills Colombians

17:15 US military kills fishermen from Trinidad

18:48 (CLIP) Trinidad news broadcast on US strikes

19:33 Venezuela's UN ambassador condemns attacks

19:52 (CLIP) USA kills innocent people in Caribbean

20:20 In the US empire's Opposite Land, war is peace

21:08 Nobel "Peace" Prize winner requests US invasion

22:33 Outro

2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado, a US government-funded far-right coup leader, vowed to privatize Venezuela's oil and give it to US corporations. "We are going to privatize all our industry", she told Donald Trump Jr. "American companies ... are going to make a lot of money", she promised. Ben Norton exposes the neocolonial US war on Venezuela.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E7pHmYUCMk

Check out our related video on how Machado supports US and Israeli wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks9uDtd7Msc

Topics

0:00 (CLIP) "We are going to privatize all our industry"

0:54 Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado

1:41 (CLIP) María Corina Machado supports Israel

2:07 Nobel "Peace" Prize for warmonger

2:28 Venezuela's oil & US coup attempts

3:31 (CLIP) Machado vows to sell off Venezuelan oil

3:46 Machado: Far-right opposition leader

4:23 Machado wants US invasion

5:19 CIA-linked NED funds Machado

6:00 Machado interview with Donald Trump Jr.

6:53 (CLIP) Donald Trump Jr. & Machado

8:23 Venezuela's Pinochet + Margaret Thatcher

8:46 (CLIP) US companies will "make a lot of money"

9:05 Selling their countries to USA: vendepatrias

9:23 Machado's meeting with George W Bush

9:59 Trump's war on Venezuela

11:04 (CLIP) Regime change plans

11:24 Targeting US empire's adversaries

11:56 (CLIP) Machado's US first foreign policy

12:12 Donald Trump

12:25 (CLIP) Machado praises Donald Trump

12:45 Trump's coup attempts

14:06 (CLIP) "Biggest opportunity" for regime change

14:34 Marco Rubio: chief coup-plotter

15:06 Targeting Cuba & Nicaragua as well

15:57 (CLIP) US officials supporting Machado

17:03 Rubio lied about Cuban parents

17:54 Miami, Florida: coup capital

18:24 Elon Musk

19:15 (CLIP) Musk gave Starlink to Venezuelan opposition

19:33 Starlink: tool of US imperialism

20:08 Bitcoin & Trump's corrupt crypto schemes

21:39 BlackRock: world's biggest Bitcoin holder

23:11 (CLIP) Machado loves Bitcoin

23:40 Machado: US coup puppet

23:57 Outro