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Ben Norton

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Journalist, analyst, political economist || Editor of Geopolitical Economy Report || Videos: youtube.com/@GeopoliticalEconomyReport || Articles: GeopoliticalEconomy.Report

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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 23/05/2026
It is so widely accepted that the USA is losing the war against Iran that now even prominent neoconservative hawks admit it. They lament that Iran’s victory reflects the decline of US hegemony, and the rise of multipolarity. www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/war-hawks-...
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Even American war hawks now admit Iran is defeating the US - and it will change the world
It is so widely accepted that the USA is losing the war that now even neoconservative hawks admit it. They lament that Iran's victory reflects the decline of US hegemony and rise of multipolarity.
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 17/05/2026
Donald Trump visited Beijing alongside the billionaire CEOs of a dozen top US corporations. His failure to pressure China to meet his demands demonstrated how Washington lost the trade war: www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/trump-fail...
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Trump's failed China trip shows his trade war backfired, and US corporations are desperate
Donald Trump visited Beijing alongside the billionaire CEOs of a dozen top US corporations. His failure to pressure China to meet his demands demonstrated how Washington lost the trade war.
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 08/03/2026
The US and Israel bombed 20 schools and 13 hospitals in Iran in one week, according to UNICEF. War Secretary Pete Hegseth boasted of unleashing “death and destruction” to provoke societal collapse. Hegseth bragged there are “no stupid rules of engagement”. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2026/03/08/u...
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'Punching them while they're down': US & Israel bomb Iran's schools & hospitals, with 'no stupid rules of engagement' - Geopolitical Economy Report
US and Israel bombed 20 schools and 13 hospitals in Iran in one week. War Secretary Pete Hegseth boasted of "death and destruction" to push collapse: "We are punching them while they’re down".
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 29/01/2026
Self-declared “peacemaker” Donald Trump has bombed 10 countries, more than any other US leader. Now he plans to raise the US military budget to $1.5 trillion — nearly the rest of the world’s defense spending combined. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2026/01/25/t...
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'Peace president' Trump has bombed 10 countries, now plans $1.5 trillion military budget - Geopolitical Economy Report
“Peace president” Donald Trump has bombed 10 countries, more than any other US leader. He plans to raise military budget to $1.5 trillion, nearly rest of world combined
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 05/01/2026
Donald Trump’s bombing of Venezuela and abduction of President Maduro is part of a larger imperialist plan to impose US hegemony in Latin America, control the region’s natural resources and create a new supply chain that cuts out China. This article explains: geopoliticaleconomy.com/2026/01/05/d...
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Donroe Doctrine: Trump attack on Venezuela is part of imperial plan to impose US hegemony in Latin America - Geopolitical Economy Report
Donald Trump bombing Venezuela and kidnapping President Maduro is part of imperialist plan to impose US hegemony in Latin America, control natural resources (oil, gas, critical minerals, rare earths),...
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 19/12/2025
Donald Trump imposed a naval blockade on Venezuela and admitted that he wants to take its oil and give it to US corporations. In this article, I outlined the strategy and goals of the US colonial war: www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/trump-take...
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Trump admits he wants to take Venezuela's oil - and give it to US corporations
Donald Trump imposed a naval blockade on Venezuela and admitted he wants to take its oil and give it to US corporations: "We had a lot of oil there. They threw our companies out, and we want it back".
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 15/12/2025
This says everything about politics in 2025: Far-right, pro-US, anti-China candidate José Antonio Kast won Chile's presidential election. Kast, a Trump ally, is a staunch defender of the Pinochet dictatorship, and the son of a German Nazi official. He also is very pro-Israel and anti-Palestinian.
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 05/12/2025
Donald Trump pardoned and freed from prison the drug trafficker Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH), the former dictator of Honduras. The US is openly meddling in the country’s elections, amid serious accusations of fraud. The US backed a coup in Honduras in 2009. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/12/05/t...
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Trump frees drug trafficker: US meddles in Honduras' elections, amid fraud accusations - Geopolitical Economy Report
Donald Trump pardoned drug dealer Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH), former dictator of Honduras. US is meddling in elections, amid fraud accusations.
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 15/11/2025
I wrote this analysis of the goals behind Donald Trump's attacks on Venezuela and the economic impact of US sanctions. I also explained that, while there are some similarities to the Western regime-change war on Syria, there are also many differences: www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/analysis-v...
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What is really happening in Venezuela? US attacks and economic situation explained
An analysis of Donald Trump's attacks on Venezuela, the economic impact of US sanctions, and the similarities and differences with the successful Western regime-change war on Syria.
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 13/11/2025
María Corina Machado -- the far-right US-funded Venezuelan coup leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize -- vowed “massive privatization”, offering to sell off $1.7 trillion of resources to US corporations, if Trump can help her overthrow President Nicolás Maduro. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/11/13/p...
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'Massive privatization': María Corina Machado offers to sell $1.7 trillion of Venezuela's assets to US corporations - Geopolitical Economy Report
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado vowed "massive privatization", to sell $1.7 trillion of oil & resources to US corporations
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 03/11/2025
The US is clearly isolated on the world stage: The Trump admin pressured countries to oppose a UN General Assembly resolution calling to end the illegal US embargo against Cuba. Only 7 voted against it. 165 member states (85%) supported the measure. www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/embargo-bl...
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USA is isolated on world stage: Trump failed to pressure countries to support illegal blockade of Cuba
The Trump admin pressured nations to oppose a UN General Assembly resolution calling to end the illegal US embargo against Cuba. Only 7 voted against it. 165 member states (85%) supported the measure.
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 02/11/2025
Trump is clearly losing the trade war with China, which he started. The US economy is vulnerable and much more dependent on China’s than vice versa. The one-year truce Trump made at his meeting with President Xi Jinping proves this. This explains why: www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/trump-losi...
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Trump is clearly losing the trade war with China, which he started. This is why.
The US economy is vulnerable and much more dependent on China’s than vice versa. The one-year trade war truce that Donald Trump made at his meeting with President Xi Jinping proves this.
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 30/10/2025
Trump is propping up Argentina’s failing libertarian President Javier Milei and his “anarcho-capitalist” experiment with $82 billion in debt. This debt simply can't be paid -- ensuring the IMF and Wall Street will control Argentina's economic policies. www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/us-debt-tr...
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US debt trap: How libertarian Javier Milei is selling Argentina to Wall Street - for $82 billion
The Trump admin is propping up Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei with $82 billion in debt that can't be paid, ensuring the IMF and Wall Street will control the country's economic policies
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 20/10/2025
The US is waging war on Venezuela. Trump authorized CIA "lethal operations" to try to overthrow President Maduro. The US military is killing innocent fishermen, not only from Venezuela but also Colombia and Trinidad. This is international terrorism. www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/trump-cia-...
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Trump orders CIA to attack Venezuela: US military kills innocent people in war based on lies
The USA is waging war on Venezuela. Trump authorized CIA "lethal operations" to try to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro. The US military is killing innocent fishermen from Colombia and Trinidad.
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 16/10/2025
New Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado, a US government-funded far-right coup leader, vowed to privatize Venezuela’s oil. US companies will “make a lot of money”, she promised Donald Trump Jr. in an interview. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/10/16/v...
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Venezuelan coup leader María Corina Machado vows to privatize oil: US corporations will 'make a lot of money' - Geopolitical Economy Report
Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado vowed to privatize Venezuela's oil. US companies will "make a lot of money", she told Donald Trump Jr
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 13/10/2025
Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado is a far-right Venezuelan coup-plotter funded by the US government. She supports Israel as it commits genocide and is central in Trump’s regime-change war against President Maduro. I collected the evidence: geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/10/13/m...
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Nobel Peace Prize winner supports Israel's genocide & Trump's war on Venezuela - Geopolitical Economy Report
Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado is a far-right Venezuelan coup-plotter funded by the US government. She supports Israel as it commits genocide and is central to Trump's regime-change w...
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 06/10/2025
Leaders from many countries condemned the USA and Israel at the UN General Assembly, demanding international intervention in Gaza to save Palestinians from genocide. Diplomats staged a mass walkout to protest Netanyahu. Latin America led the resistance: geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/10/06/u...
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World leaders rebel against US & Israel: to save Gaza, they demand international intervention - Geopolitical Economy Report
World leaders condemned USA and Israel at UN General Assembly, demanding intervention in Gaza to save Palestinians from genocide. Diplomats walked out to protest Netanyahu. Latin America led resistanc...
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 03/10/2025
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gathered generals and encouraged them to commit war crimes and ignore international law. Trump ordered the military to use US cities as “training grounds” to fight the “enemy within”. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/10/03/h...
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Mask off US empire: War secretary tells military to commit war crimes, as Trump threatens 'enemy within' - Geopolitical Economy Report
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told generals to commit war crimes, ignore international law. Trump ordered military to use cities as "training grounds" to fight "enemy within"
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 28/08/2025
I had the pleasure of interviewing prominent Chinese academic Zhang Weiwei, a brilliant political theorist. He discussed how China’s political system, and socialist market economy actually work; and how China sees democracy, the USA, and Trump’s trade war. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/08/25/c...
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How does China's system really work? Renowned scholar Zhang Weiwei explains the 'China model' - Geopolitical Economy Report
How to understand China's government, political system, socialist market economy, democracy. Professor Zhang Weiwei interview with Ben Norton
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 17/08/2025
The US government has long tried to recruit India for its new cold war on China. Donald Trump’s tariffs have backfired, encouraging New Delhi to improve its relations with Beijing, strengthening BRICS. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/08/16/t...
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Trump's tariffs backfire: India moves closer to China, strengthening BRICS unity - Geopolitical Economy Report
US government wants to ally with India in new cold war against China. Donald Trump tariffs backfired, improving relations, helping BRICS.
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 14/07/2025
Close Trump allies like Steve Bannon say “the president is pissed every time he looks at the BRICS de-dollarization effort”. The US is trying to punish Brazil, because its President Lula da Silva promotes a multipolar world and a new global reserve currency. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/07/14/u...
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US gov't is very afraid of BRICS and dedollarization, Trump insiders reveal. That's why he's attacking Brazil - Geopolitical Economy Report
Donald Trump allies like Steve Bannon say US "president is pissed" at BRICS dedollarization, threatens tariffs on Brazil, because Lula wants multipolar world, new global reserve currency
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 11/07/2025
Donald Trump threatened tariffs on BRICS, claiming the group is “dead”, but it is actually growing. 10 members and 10 partners participated in a BRICS summit in Brazil, discussing dedollarization, decolonization, trade in local currencies, and multipolarity. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/07/10/t...
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As Trump threatens BRICS, it grows stronger, resisting US dollar and Western imperialism - Geopolitical Economy Report
Donald Trump threatened tariffs on BRICS, claiming it is "dead", but it grows. 10 members and 10 partners participated in Brazil summit, discussing dedollarization, trade and investment in national cu...
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 20/06/2025
The war on Iran seeks “US global dominance” and to “weaken China”, said Donald Trump’s former national security advisor, General Mike Flynn. He proudly described how the US is giving Israel substantial intelligence, weapons, and training. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/06/19/t...
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Trump advisor admits: War on Iran targets China, seeking 'US global dominance' - Geopolitical Economy Report
Israel war on Iran seeks "US global dominance" and to "weaken China", said Donald Trump ex national security advisor General Michael Flynn
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 11/06/2025
US VP JD Vance announced the Trump admin’s “generational shift in [foreign] policy”, emphasizing “great power competition” and preparation for war with China. They focus on “hard power” and “overwhelming force”, returning to 19th century-style imperialism. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/05/31/u...
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US VP JD Vance announces new strategy of blatant imperialism, aimed at China - Geopolitical Economy Report
US Vice President JD Vance revealed Trump admin's "generational shift in [foreign] policy", emphasizing "great power competition", preparation for war with China, "hard power", "overwhelming force": r...
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 09/06/2025
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivered an extremely hawkish speech in which he demonized China as a “threat” and said, “We are preparing for war” in the Asia-Pacific. He also aggressively told countries in the region to cut their trade with China. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/06/06/p...
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'We are preparing for war' with China 'threat', says US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth - Geopolitical Economy Report
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hawkish speech at Shangri-La Dialogue 2025 demonized China as "threat", said, "We are preparing for war" in Asia-Pacific
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 04/06/2025
Donald Trump wants to save the dominance of the US dollar as the global reserve currency, but his aggressive tariffs and trade war are accelerating dedollarization. Countries and investors are selling US stocks and bonds, seeking alternative reserve assets. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/05/05/t...
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Trump's tariffs turbocharge de-dollarization: World sells US dollar assets, seeking alternatives - Geopolitical Economy Report
Donald Trump wants dominance of US dollar, but tariffs and trade war accelerate dedollarization. Countries and investors sell US stocks and bonds, seeking alternative reserve assets.
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 04/06/2025
US VP JD Vance announced the Trump admin’s “generational shift in [foreign] policy”. He said they’re focusing on “hard power” and “overwhelming force”. It's a return to blatant, 19th century-style imperialism. They're also preparing for war with China. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/05/31/u...
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US VP JD Vance announces new strategy of blatant imperialism, aimed at China - Geopolitical Economy Report
US Vice President JD Vance revealed Trump admin's "generational shift in [foreign] policy", emphasizing "great power competition", preparation for war with China, "hard power", "overwhelming force": r...
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 31/03/2025
Trump's policies benefit wealthy elites at the expense of everyone else. His admin includes 13 billionaires — including Elon Musk, the world’s richest oligarch — and he is cutting taxes on the rich and corporations while imposing a consumption tax on the poor geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/03/30/p...
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Fake 'populism': How Trump's billionaire admin serves the rich, and hurts everyone else - Geopolitical Economy Report
Donald Trump policies benefit wealthy elites. His admin has 13 billionaires, with Elon Musk. He cuts taxes on rich and corporations. Tariffs are consumption tax on poor
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 13/03/2025
The United States is the biggest arms dealer on Earth, responsible for 43% of the world’s weapons exports from 2020 to 2024. The US exported seven times more weapons than China, and five times more than Russia, in the past five years. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/03/13/u...
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USA is #1 arms dealer, exporting 43% of world's weapons: 7 times more than China, 5x Russia - Geopolitical Economy Report
United States is biggest arms dealer on Earth: 43% of world's weapons exports from 2020 to 2024. US transferred 7 times China, 5 times Russia
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 10/03/2025
Argentina’s US-backed libertarian President Javier Milei is using an emergency decree to take a huge loan from the IMF. The self-declared "anarcho-capitalist" is deepening the debt trap that has devastated his country’s economy, fueling high inflation. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/03/10/j...
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Javier Milei deepens Argentina's IMF debt trap with ‘emergency’ loan - Geopolitical Economy Report
Argentina's US-backed libertarian President Javier Milei takes emergency loan from IMF, deepening odious debt trap that caused high inflation
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 09/03/2025
Trump’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is an extremist self-declared “crusader” who believes the USA is in a “holy war” against China, the left and Islam. “Communist China will fall”, he vowed in his 2020 book “American Crusade”, which calls for a new Crusade geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/03/07/u...
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US Defense Secretary Hegseth wants to overthrow China's government, in 'crusade' against left (and Islam) - Geopolitical Economy Report
Trump's Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is "crusader", says USA is in "holy war" against China, left, Islam. "Communist China will fall", he wrote in 2020 book American Crusade
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 06/03/2025
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is buying the ports on both sides of the Panama Canal, after Donald Trump threatened the Latin American country. The US government has two main goals: hurt China, and help Wall Street oligarchs. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/03/06/t...
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Trump helps BlackRock buy Panama Canal ports, to weaken China - and strengthen Wall Street - Geopolitical Economy Report
BlackRock is buying ports at Panama Canal, after Donald Trump threatened Latin American country. US government wants to hurt China and help Wall Street.
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 04/03/2025
The Ukraine “war is about money”, said US Senator Lindsey Graham, a close Trump ally. Noting Ukraine has trillions of dollars worth of critical minerals, he promised, “Donald Trump is going to do a deal to ... enrich ourselves with rare earth minerals”. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/11/27/u...
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Ukraine 'war is about money', says US Senator Lindsey Graham, vowing to 'enrich ourselves with rare earth minerals' - Geopolitical Economy Report
Ukraine "war is about money", said US Senator Lindsey Graham. Ukraine has trillions of dollars of critical minerals: "Donald Trump is going to do a deal to get our money back, to enrich ourselves with...
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 02/03/2025
Trump’s fight with Zelensky reflected how the US treats Ukraine as a colony. Trump demands control of its rare earths and critical minerals, to weaken China, re-industrialize, and build tech products. Trump wants to be paid $350 billion: twice Ukraine’s GDP. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/03/02/t...
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Trump plans to make Ukraine a US economic colony, exploiting its critical minerals - Geopolitical Economy Report
Donald Trump fight with Zelensky shows how USA treats Ukraine as colony. Trump demands control of rare earths and critical minerals, to weaken China, re-industrialize, and build tech products.
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 26/02/2025
The Republican-controlled US House passed a new budget that will -boost military spending by $100 billion -cut food stamps & Medicaid -extend tax cuts on the rich -increase the deficit by $3 trillion US priorities: serve the rich, wage war, screw the poor www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...
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House narrowly passes budget resolution containing $100B for defense
The House on Tuesday narrowly adopted a budget blueprint that would invest an additional $100 billion in defense in the next decade as part of a sweeping Republican plan to enact President Donald Trum...
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 26/02/2025
Trump announced a new policy in which the US will sell “gold cards” for $5 million, so wealthy foreigners can buy permanent residency. All of Trump's policies are part of a class war. He's not against immigration; he's against immigration by *poor people*. www.ft.com/content/d93a...
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Donald Trump announces US ‘gold card’ visa scheme
Wealthy foreigners will be able buy ‘route to citizenship’ for $5mn, president says
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 25/02/2025
The US government’s talks with Russia are more about China than Ukraine. Donald Trump admitted he wants to “un-unite” Russia and China, in a reverse of the divide-and-conquer strategy used by Nixon and Kissinger in the 1970s. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/02/24/t...
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Trump wants US to 'partner' with Russia to weaken China: Divide-and-conquer strategy - Geopolitical Economy Report
US talks with Russia are more about China than Ukraine. Donald Trump wants to "un-unite" Russia & China, reverse of Nixon & Kissinger divide-and-conquer strategy
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 23/02/2025
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a hedge fund billionaire, confirmed the Trump admin is imposing a plan that gives the US control over revenue from Ukraine's natural resources. The US will decide what investments are made (to benefit US corporations). This is economic colonialism.
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 21/02/2025
Donald Trump is a colonialist who is serious about expanding the US empire's territory. In an executive order, Trump praised William McKinley for his tariffs and his "expansion of territorial gains for the Nation". McKinley colonized Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Philippines, Guam, and Hawaii.
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 13/02/2025
The blatant corruption and looting in the US today is like what was done to Russia in the 1990s -- except this time, the USA is doing it to itself. Trump green-lighted bribery of foreign officials. He boasted, "It’s going to mean a lot more business for America". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump halts enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials
President directs DoJ to pause prosecutions under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and issues pardon to Rod Blagojevich
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 04/02/2025
Big Tech oligarchs in Silicon Valley fear Chinese AI competitors like DeepSeek. Billionaire Trump backer Peter Thiel admits they want monopolies, saying “competition is for losers”. The CEO of a major AI company said the US must maintain a “unipolar world”. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/02/03/u...
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US tech CEOs admit they want AI monopoly & ‘unipolar world’, blocking China’s competition
Big Tech oligarchs in Silicon Valley fear Chinese AI companies like DeepSeek. Billionaire Donald Trump backer Peter Thiel admits they want monopolies, arguing
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 26/12/2024
BRICS keeps expanding, adding 9 partner countries in January 2025, plus 4 new members in 2024. It now makes up half of the global population and 41% of world GDP (PPP). It’s an economic powerhouse, with top producers of oil, gas, grains, meat, & minerals. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/12/25/b...
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BRICS expands with 9 new partner countries. Now it’s half of world population, 41% of global economy
BRICS keeps expanding, adding 9 partner countries in January 2025, after admitting 4 new members in 2024. It now makes up roughly half of the global population and more than 41% of world GDP (PPP). It...
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 06/12/2024
As Donald Trump prepares to return for his second term as US president, all of his top cabinet candidates are China hawks. He appointed a warmongering neoconservative Iran hawk to lead his State Department transition team. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/11/11/t...
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How Trump’s return will impact the world: Dollar, China, tariffs, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Iran, & more
As Donald Trump prepares to return for his second term as US president, all of his top cabinet candidates are China hawks. We analyze Trump's likely foreign policy and economic strategy.
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 25/11/2024
The Western alliance is divided on Israel, after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for PM Netanyahu over crimes against humanity in Gaza. US officials are threatening sanctions on both the ICC and their own allies. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/11/24/w...
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West splits on Israel: US threatens ICC & allies over Netanyahu arrest warrant
The Western alliance is divided on Israel, after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for PM Netanyahu over crimes against humanity in Gaza. US officials threaten sanctions on bot...
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 30/04/2024
China’s state-led economic development model and robust industrial policy has transformed it into what an influential European think tank calls “the world’s sole manufacturing superpower”, making up 35% of global gross production. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/01/31/c...
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China is ‘world’s sole manufacturing superpower’, with 35% of global output
China's state-led economic development model and robust industrial policy has transformed it into what an influential European think tank calls
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 30/04/2024
If Ukraine loses in the NATO proxy war with Russia, “it will be the end of Western hegemony”, lamented former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Meanwhile, the Global South, representing 86% of the world population, has not joined the West. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/04/24/u...
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If Ukraine loses war, it will be ‘end of Western hegemony’, warns UK’s Boris Johnson
If Ukraine loses in the NATO proxy war with Russia,
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 30/04/2024
An economist calculated that US average daily income would fall by 27-57% if the dollar lost its "exorbitant privilege" as the global reserve currency. Those biggest hit would be wealthy investors around the world, who hold much of their wealth in dollar assets. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYki...
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How the dollar's 'exorbitant privilege' enriches the USA (and global elites)
How much does the US benefit from printing the global reserve currency? An economist calculated that US average daily income would fall by 27-57% if the doll...
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 23/10/2023
The US vetoed Gaza ceasefire proposals at the UN Security Council, while sending Israel more weapons. UN experts warn Israel is carrying out ethnic cleansing. An Israeli scholar of the Holocaust says Israel is guilty of genocide against Palestinians. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/10/22/u...
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US blocks peace in Gaza, supporting Israel’s genocidal war on civilians
The United States vetoed Gaza ceasefire proposals at the UN Security Council, while sending Israel more weapons. UN experts warn Israel is carrying out ethnic cleansing. An Israeli scholar of the Holo...
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 17/10/2023
Israel is indiscriminately bombing civilians in Gaza, after imposing a "complete siege" on 2.3 million Palestinians, cutting off electricity, water, food, and fuel. Meanwhile, the Western media has spread false stories that were quickly debunked. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E50g...
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Israel brutally bombs Palestinian civilians as media spreads fake stories
Israel is indiscriminately bombing civilians in Gaza, after imposing a "complete siege" on 2.3 million Palestinians, cutting off electricity, water, food, an...
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Ben Norton @bennorton.com · 17/10/2023
Israel is ethnically cleansing Palestinians, trying to force them out of Gaza into Egypt’s Sinai. The US and EU support Netanyahu’s scorched-earth war on the “entire nation”. The State Department ordered diplomats not to call for peace or a ceasefire. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/10/15/u...
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US opposes peace as Israel ethnically cleanses Palestinians, waging war on ‘entire nation’ of Ga...
Israel is ethnically cleansing Palestinians, trying to force them out of Gaza into Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. The US and EU support Netanyahu's scorched-earth war on the
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