Donald Trump claimed he would "un-unite" Russia and China, but the US divide-and-conquer strategy is failing. In a meeting in Moscow celebrating the 80th anniversary of their nations' victory in World War Two, Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin reaffirmed that "China-Russia relations have reached the highest level in history" and will "jointly resist any attempts to interfere with and disrupt the traditional friendship and deep mutual trust between China and Russia". Ben Norton explains.

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0:00 USA tries to contain China

0:49 (CLIP) Trump vows to divide Russia & China

1:05 Marco Rubio targets China

1:34 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on China "threat"

2:17 Trump admin's Russia strategy

2:33 (CLIP) Rubio wants to "partner" with Russia

2:41 China & Russia are "friends of steel"

3:43 80th anniversary of Victory Day

4:05 Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany

5:23 China's sacrifice in World War II

6:21 Vietnam resisted Japanese empire

6:50 Putin reaffirms "highest level" China ties

10:23 China-Russia trade

11:52 USA can't offer Russia much

12:36 NATO expansion

13:34 Xi compares US imperialism to fascism

14:38 China-Russia relations

15:16 Xi Jinping on Russia ties

16:46 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

17:42 Reverse Nixon?

19:08 China's economy

20:31 Kissinger plan to divide Russia & China

23:05 Obama-Clinton "Russian reset" attempt

26:00 China-Russia joint statement

27:29 World Anti-Fascist War

29:09 Closest China-Russia relations in history

31:17 Multipolarity

34:07 BRICS

35:08 Russia joins the Global Majority

36:17 Brazil

36:49 Venezuela

37:27 Cuba

38:18 Burkina Faso leader Ibrahim Traoré

39:08 Palestine

40:14 Vietnam

41:40 US hegemony is declining

42:55 Outro