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In insane speech, Marco Rubio asks Europe to join US in recolonizing world

35 minutes Posted Feb 18, 2026 at 3:41 pm.

(CLIP) Marco Rubio praises colonialism

From colonialism to decolonization

Western colonies today

USA wants to reverse decolonization

Marco Rubio's pro-colonialist speech

(CLIP) Rubio loves "great Western empires"

Demonizing anti-colonial movements

(CLIP) US plan to reverse West's decline

(CLIP) Erasing colonial crimes

Proud of colonialism

(CLIP) "Purported sins" of colonialism

Crimes of Western colonialism

(CLIP) Armies fight for "civilization"

EU leaders applaud colonialist speech

(CLIP) EU standing ovation for Rubio

Western media coverage

Munich Security Conference (MSC)

(CLIP) Europe's colonial "sigh of relief"

Defeat of European colonialism

US imperial message to Global South

(CLIP) "Western civilization"

Western civilization built on colonialism

(CLIP) Trump invites Europe to join

Rubio identifies as European, not Cuban

(CLIP) Rubio praises European colonizers

(CLIP) Rubio's ancestry in Italy & Spain

Capitalism vs anti-imperialist socialism

(CLIP) Anti-communism unites West

Cold War Two against China

New supply chain to cut out China

(CLIP) "Western supply chain"

US goal: reverse decolonization

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi

China opposes imperialism

China's speech at MSC

Need to reform the UN

Equality for countries

China opposes new cold war

Multipolar world based on sovereignty

Global South is rising

US empire wants global dictatorship

USA vs China: polar opposites

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered an overtly pro-colonialist speech at the Munich Security Conference in which he praised "the great Western empires" and said North America and Europe should unite to recolonize the Global South. Ben Norton reports on the increasing desperation of the imperialist West as its global dominance declines.

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