US President Donald Trump claimed he would "un-unite" Russia and China, but the divide-and-conquer strategy failed. Instead, Moscow and Beijing are closer than ever, and they are at the heart of a Global South-led movement to build a new multipolar world order, challenging Western hegemony and imperialism. Ben Norton explains.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-bq4347Z18

US attacks blow back, uniting China, India, Russia, Iran; encouraging dedollarization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsFGCUtzzQ8

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0:00 China and Russia: close partners

0:59 USA fears "near-peer" competitors

1:51 (CLIP) Trump: divide Russia and China

2:06 US divide-and-conquer strategy

2:31 (CLIP) Marco Rubio: "partner with the Russians"

3:04 Marco Rubio, top US war hawk

3:33 (CLIP) Marco Rubio: China is top "threat"

4:16 China and Russia's political ties

5:33 China's trade with Russia

6:28 US and Russia: economic competitors

7:37 Trump doesn't have anything to offer

8:23 Global South leaders meet in China

9:41 USA failed to divide India and China

10:28 China's 80th anniversary WWII victory parade

12:09 Trump laments China-Russia-India ties

13:02 Xi-Putin meeting in Beijing

14:19 USSR and China in WWII

18:21 Dedollarization of China-Russia trade

19:44 Power of Siberia 2 pipeline

21:44 Russia integrates with Eurasia

22:19 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

22:44 BRICS

23:33 Neocolonial financial system

25:30 Russia deepens ties with Global South

27:34 New multipolar world order

28:37 Outro