Geopolitical Economy Report29 Juli 2025

How the USA exploits Europe, treating its 'allies' like vassals

The one-sided trade agreement that Donald Trump imposed on the EU illustrates how the US empire exploits its "allies" in Europe as vassals to benefit the American oil/gas industry, Big Tech corporations, and the military-industrial complex. This did not start with Trump, but he has accelerated the vassalization of the European Union. Political economist Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpf6ZeABP1I Topics 0:00 Intro 1:04 US empire doesn't have allies, only vassals 2:14 US-EU trade deal & tariffs 5:19 China defended itself in trade war 6:19 Ursula von der Leyen on US energy 7:28 (CLIP) Trump on US-EU trade deal 7:54 USA benefits 8:15 (CLIP) Trump: "the biggest of all the deals" 8:28 Europe gets nothing 9:11 (CLIP) US makes no concessions to EU 9:57 (CLIP) Trump on US fossil fuel exports 10:20 US gets everything, EU gets nothing 11:02 Vassalization of Europe 12:27 BRICS expansion 13:22 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte 14:03 (CLIP) NATO chief calls Trump "daddy" 14:17 Trump addresses "daddy" comment 14:42 (CLIP) Trump: I'm NATO's "daddy" 15:03 Trump leaks humiliating text messages 16:26 Failure of EU "strategic autonomy" 17:18 NATO demands military spending at 5% of GDP 18:42 US military-industrial complex benefits 20:14 Paying imperial tribute 20:48 Replacing welfare state with warfare state 21:44 EU spending on education 22:08 EU spending on healthcare 22:33 Trump & MAGA take off the mask 23:26 VP JD Vance attacks Europe 23:40 Kissinger: "to be America's friend is fatal" 24:20 Trump boasts of ending Nord Stream 25:39 (CLIP) Trump: "I ended Nord Stream 2" 25:59 US targets European infrastructure 26:26 (CLIP) Trump: US wants to sell oil/gas 26:53 US attacks European "allies" 27:27 Sabotage of Nord Stream pipelines 28:05 Who blew up Nord Stream? 29:20 West opposed UN investigation 30:06 Polish official said US blew up Nord Stream 30:47 Historical amnesia 31:17 Why Germany wanted Nord Stream 32:34 (CLIP) Trump: Europe must buy US oil/gas 32:48 Trump pressured Angela Merkel on Russia 33:15 (CLIP) Trump: Europe must cut Russia ties 34:12 Trump sanctioned Nord Stream 34:55 USA seeks to divide Europe & Russia 35:39 Biden threatened Nord Stream 36:02 (CLIP) Biden: We will end Nord Stream 36:36 Bipartisan vassalage 37:30 US energy exports to Europe 38:08 EU imports of oil 39:25 EU imports of natural gas 39:56 EU imports of LNG 40:45 Climate change catastrophe 41:20 Germany re-opens coal plants 42:00 Germany's pro-war "Greens" 43:19 US imperial strategy: divide Europe 44:56 Imperialist Mackinder's heartland theory 45:28 US fears of Europe-Russia alliance 46:23 NATO's goal: keep US on top 47:24 Deindustrialization of Europe 47:59 EU attacks top trading partner China 48:40 Why are EU leaders Atlanticists? 49:01 EU leaders are literally crying 49:26 EU elites invest in US financial assets 51:57 US Big Tech corporations 52:35 Comprador bourgeoisie 53:48 Western oligarchies 55:00 US empire fears Eurasian integration 56:15 Trump tries to divide Russia & China 56:33 Europe is at a geopolitical crossroads 58:36 Outro

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