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The West finally admitted to its hypocrisy: Here is why
29 minutes Posted Feb 4, 2026 at 1:37 pm.
Hypocrisy of Western foreign policy
"Rules-based international order"
Donald Trump, arch-imperialist
Canada PM Mark Carney Davos speech
"Middle powers" fear US attacks
(CLIP) Multilateralism is under threat
Double standards on international law
(CLIP) "Rules-based order" was false
US unipolar domination
(CLIP) Defending "American hegemony"
Financial system & US dollar
(CLIP) Rupture, not transition
West's exploitation of Global South
Canada's complicity in imperialism
Gaza, Palestine, Israel
Canada sells weapons to Israel
Canada's whitewashed reputation
Canada's hypocritical UN votes
West votes against rest of world
Canadian conservatives
Imperial hypocrisy
USA supports Canadian separatists
(CLIP) If not at table, on the menu
Partners in crime
Macron's message to Trump
New phase of imperialism
Sovereignty: Westphalian system
Decolonization
Neocolonialism
Mark Carney's trip to China
Trump threatens Canada over China
Canada's trade dependence on USA
Oil exports
Canada's oil pipelines
Chinese car industry investments
Reducing dependency
European leaders visit China
"Human rights" hypocrisy
EU relations with China
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Donald Trump's attacks on longtime US "allies" have forced Western leaders to admit their warmongering foreign policy was hypocritical. Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said the truth in his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos: the "rules-based order" was "false". Ben Norton explains how the global balance of power is shifting.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTH_rx1mpfE
Check out our related video on Europe improving its relations with China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpngJ3tC7Xw
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