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Podcast: Geopolitical Economy Report
Episode: Trump's Ukraine talks aim to divide Russia from China. Can he do it?
Description: 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. Can Trump do it? Ben Norton explains why the United States sees China as the main threat to its global imperial dominance.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRJIymzuRGU
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0:00 (CLIP) Trump: divide Russia & China
0:18 US-Russia talks
1:01 USA says China is 'greatest threat'
2:11 (CLIP) Trump on Russia & China
3:31 US dollar dominance
4:14 Divide & conquer
5:23 Nixon in China
6:06 Kissinger strategy
6:59 Trump's neocons
7:57 (CLIP) Marco...