Donald Trump boasted, "I ended Nord Stream", referencing the pipeline connecting Russia to Germany. Now Europe is dependent on buying North American oil and gas, Trump bragged. Political economist Ben Norton shows how the EU has become a "vassal" of the US empire.
0:00 (CLIP) Trump: "I ended Nord Stream 2"
0:11 MAGA & US empire
1:13 Nord Stream pipelines 2:32 (CLIP) Trump meets Germany's leader
2:51 Europe now dependent on US energy
3:18 (CLIP) Trump: US wants to sell oil/gas
3:45 USA attacks European "allies"
4:21 Sabotage of Nord Stream pipelines
4:58 Who blew up Nord Stream?
6:13 West opposed UN investigation
6:59 Polish official said US blew up Nord Stream
7:40 Historical amnesia
8:10 German industrialists wanted Nord Stream
9:26 Trump pressured Angela Merkel on Russia
9:51 (CLIP) Trump: Europe must cut Russia ties
10:49 Trump sanctioned Nord Stream
11:19 USA seeks to divide Europe & Russia
12:10 Biden threatened Nord Stream
12:39 (CLIP) Biden: We will end Nord Stream
13:13 Bipartisan vassalage
14:06 US energy exports to Europe
15:09 Ukraine proxy war
15:35 EU imports of oil
16:01 EU imports of natural gas
16:33 EU imports of LNG
17:15 Climate change catastrophe
17:57 Germany re-opens coal plants
18:37 Germany's pro-war "Greens"
19:55 Europe becomes US empire's "vassal"
20:41 US imperial strategy: divide Europe
22:04 Imperialist Mackinder's heartland theory
22:36 US empire fears Europe-Russia alliance
23:30 NATO's goal: keep US on top
24:32 Deindustrialization of Europe
25:06 EU attacks top trading partner China
25:47 Why are EU leaders Atlanticists?
26:09 EU leaders are literally crying
26:34 EU elites invest in US financial assets
29:05 US Big Tech corporations
29:42 Comprador bourgeoisie
30:34 Western oligarchies
32:07 Kissinger: "to be America's friend is fatal"
32:55 Outro
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