Geopolitical Economy Report
Geopolitical Economy Report
Ben Norton
US war secretary encourages military to commit war crimes, as Trump threatens 'enemy within' USA
28 minutes Posted Oct 1, 2025 at 1:53 pm.
(CLIP) Pete Hegseth message to US military
US Department of War takes mask off empire
US empire's wars come home
(CLIP) Trump threatens "enemy within" USA
Special event in Quantico, Virginia
(CLIP) "Era of Department of Defense is over"
(CLIP) "Strongest, most lethal military on planet"
War is peace
(CLIP) "Peace through strength"
Trump admin attacks "wokeness" & DEI
Missing the forest for the trees
(CLIP) Hegseth encourages war crimes
USA attacks international law
Pete Hegseth: Fox News pundit
(CLIP) Hegseth wants to "rewrite rules of war"
Hegseth's "American Crusade"
War with China
(CLIP) "We are preparing for war"
(CLIP) Targets: western hemisphere & China
Donald Trump's speech
US war on Venezuela
(CLIP) Trump threatens Venezuela
Colonial Monroe Doctrine
US seeks regime change in Venezuela
(CLIP) Trump wants Venezuela's oil
(CLIP) $1 trillion US military budget
(CLIP) Nobel Peace Prize for war
(CLIP) Trump boasts of NATO arms sales
US empire's wars
(CLIP) Department of Defense was "woke"
Conservative identity politics
USA: a country of war
Trump targets "enemy within"
(CLIP) "America is under invasion from within"
US authoritarian regime
(CLIP) US, British, & Roman empires
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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gathered top generals and encouraged the military to commit war crimes and ignore international law. Donald Trump ordered the Department of War to use US cities as "training grounds" to fight the "enemy within". Ben Norton reports on the increasingly authoritarian US empire.
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