Trump failed to divide Russia and China: They're closer than ever, building a new multipolar order from Geopolitical Economy Report

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Trump failed to divide Russia and China: They're closer than ever, building a new multipolar order

28 minutes Posted Sep 6, 2025 at 3:42 pm.

China and Russia: close partners

USA fears "near-peer" competitors

(CLIP) Trump: divide Russia and China

US divide-and-conquer strategy

(CLIP) Marco Rubio: "partner with the Russians"

Marco Rubio, top US war hawk

(CLIP) Marco Rubio: China is top "threat"

China and Russia's political ties

China's trade with Russia

US and Russia: economic competitors

Trump doesn't have anything to offer

Global South leaders meet in China

USA failed to divide India and China

China's 80th anniversary WWII victory parade

Trump laments China-Russia-India ties

Xi-Putin meeting in Beijing

USSR and China in WWII

Dedollarization of China-Russia trade

Power of Siberia 2 pipeline

Russia integrates with Eurasia

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

BRICS

Neocolonial financial system

Russia deepens ties with Global South

New multipolar world order

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US President Donald Trump claimed he would "un-unite" Russia and China, but the divide-and-conquer strategy failed. Instead, Moscow and Beijing are closer than ever, and they are at the heart of a Global South-led movement to build a new multipolar world order, challenging Western hegemony and imperialism. Ben Norton explains.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-bq4347Z18

US attacks blow back, uniting China, India, Russia, Iran; encouraging dedollarization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsFGCUtzzQ8

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