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US VP JD Vance announces new strategy of blatant imperialism, aimed at China
20 minutes Posted May 24, 2025 at 3:49 pm.
(CLIP) JD Vance speech highlights
US VP declares "new era" of foreign policy
(CLIP) End of US unipolar dominance
Preparing for war
(CLIP) A "new and very dangerous era"
Emphasizing hard power
(CLIP) Hard power vs soft power
Containing China
(CLIP) Targeting China
Shifting priorities
(CLIP) Great power competition
Redirection of foreign policy
(CLIP) A "generational shift in policy"
Rise of China
(CLIP) Era of US hegemony
USA wants China regime change
This is not isolationism
(CLIP) "When we send you to war"
Taking the mask off US empire
(CLIP) "We throw a punch hard"
Trump boosts US military spending
(CLIP) Trump: $1 trillion military budget
US foreign military bases
19th century-style imperialism
William McKinley, imperialist
(CLIP) Trump vows "enlarged country"
Expanding US territory
(CLIP) Trump: expand US empire
Monroe Doctrine
Training "war fighters"
(CLIP) JD Vance on "war fighters"
Pete Hegseth
(CLIP) Hegseth on "war fighters"
A "peacemaker" for war
US war on Yemen
(CLIP) Vance boasts of bombing Yemen
Future war threats
(CLIP) US "red lines" for war
US "ideological crusades"
(CLIP) Vance on "ideological crusades"
Pete Hegseth, self-declared "crusader"
US empire rebrands
The main target is China
(CLIP) Marco Rubio on China "threat"
Preparing for war on China
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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/
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