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US VP JD Vance announces new strategy of blatant imperialism, aimed at China
Published 9 months ago
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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/
Topic
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