US Vice President JD Vance revealed the Trump administration's "generational shift in [foreign] policy", emphasizing "great power competition" and preparation for war with China. They're abandoning soft power and focusing on "hard power" and "overwhelming force", in a return to blatant, 19th century-style imperialism. Ben Norton reports.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Yqc-8uVHc

The US military is seriously preparing for war on China: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/04/28/us-military-war-china-silicon-valley/

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0:00 (CLIP) JD Vance speech highlights

0:23 US VP declares "new era" of foreign policy

1:59 (CLIP) End of US unipolar dominance

2:24 Preparing for war

2:51 (CLIP) A "new and very dangerous era"

3:01 Emphasizing hard power

3:17 (CLIP) Hard power vs soft power

3:22 Containing China

3:31 (CLIP) Targeting China

3:43 Shifting priorities

4:17 (CLIP) Great power competition

4:37 Redirection of foreign policy

4:48 (CLIP) A "generational shift in policy"

4:59 Rise of China

5:46 (CLIP) Era of US hegemony

6:37 USA wants China regime change

7:07 This is not isolationism

7:35 (CLIP) "When we send you to war"

7:58 Taking the mask off US empire

8:49 (CLIP) "We throw a punch hard"

9:07 Trump boosts US military spending

9:28 (CLIP) Trump: $1 trillion military budget

9:49 US foreign military bases

10:19 19th century-style imperialism

10:39 William McKinley, imperialist

11:30 (CLIP) Trump vows "enlarged country"

11:54 Expanding US territory

12:18 (CLIP) Trump: expand US empire

12:56 Monroe Doctrine

13:51 Training "war fighters"

14:07 (CLIP) JD Vance on "war fighters"

14:10 Pete Hegseth

14:25 (CLIP) Hegseth on "war fighters"

14:39 A "peacemaker" for war

14:58 US war on Yemen

15:18 (CLIP) Vance boasts of bombing Yemen

15:33 Future war threats

15:51 (CLIP) US "red lines" for war

16:12 US "ideological crusades"

16:33 (CLIP) Vance on "ideological crusades"

16:46 Pete Hegseth, self-declared "crusader"

17:34 US empire rebrands

18:37 The main target is China

19:34 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on China "threat"

20:17 Preparing for war on China

20:36 Outro