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Is war on China coming? The US military is seriously preparing

45 minutes Posted Apr 27, 2025 at 4:46 pm.

USA prepares for war on China

US missile systems in Philippines

Cuban missile crisis

Bipartisan warmongering

Economic war

Trump boosts military budget

(CLIP) Trump: $1 trillion military budget

Deficit, DOGE, & Elon Musk

Pete Hegseth: an imperial "crusader"

(CLIP) Hegseth promises "lethality"

Hegseth's "American crusade"

Pentagon memo on war with China

Heritage Foundation

Pentagon memo on war with China

Trump's goal with Ukraine

(CLIP) Trump: divide Russia & China

Pentagon dubs China top "threat"

China's challenge to US hegemony

Taiwan as US imperial outpost

US troops & weapons in Taiwan

US-China three communiqués

USA backs Taiwan separatism

(CLIP) Marco Rubio on Taiwan

Taiwanese authoritarianism

Polls on Taiwan separatism

Taiwan's semiconductors

Hegseth's trip to Japan

USA promises peace through war

Trump admin's top 3 military goals

US aggression

Hegseth's trip to Philippines

(CLIP) USA has "real war plans"

Philippines as US imperial proxy

Silicon Valley prepares for war

Billionaire Palmer Luckey

Pentagon contractor Anduril

CIA-backed Palantir

Oligarch Peter Thiel

Venture capital & military-industrial complex

USA is an oligarchy

US war on China

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The US military is preparing for war on China, and has missile systems in the Philippines aimed at major Chinese cities. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the USA is making "Japan into a war-fighting headquarters". Ben Norton discusses the extremely aggressive policies of Trump, Biden, and beyond.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4f43dPOWgo

Trump's nuclear trade war targets China - but will blow back on USA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9k7132Iyeo

US Defense Secretary Hegseth wants to overthrow China’s government, in ‘crusade’ against left (and Islam): https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/03/07/us-defense-secretary-hegseth-overthrow-china-crusade/

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