Romania is Moldova is a breakaway transitira is a breakaway of a breakaway, I can see how someone off the street is like whaaa but the writers gaffed big time
@@keso_de_bola1750 probably. I mean hey mistakes happen and I’m sure they’ll be a correction. It’s not like we’re talking about MSNBC were it’s intentional misleading and if enough backlash comes they’ll quietly correct it
When you've followed global politics for as many decades as I have you understand what's happening now between the Koreas is "Same script; different actors."
I agree. It most cases, it's way better to be prepared at a minimum for a potential catastrophe, rather than be surprised by it later. Thank you for keeping us informed, Simon and team!
At this point who cares as long as it doesn't affect the United States' national security and sovereignty 🤷🏻♂️, we need to go back to the Monroe doctrine!!
@@shawnsweet5557 Any large enough conflict would affect us in an inflationary way. Food scarcity and a medical crisis would also set in depending where the conflict flared up. The U.S. imports A LOT more food and medicine than people wanna talk about. Insulin is basically the only medicine we wouldn't run out of within a few weeks. Over 90% of our medicine comes from China / India.
@@shawnsweet5557 The usas power and prosperity is entirely based on being able to keep Pax Americana intact. Isolationists seem to forget that blatantly obvious fact, and think abandoning the world will somehow not result in America being abandoned in turn. Have fun being poor, insecure, and alone.
The Turkey area could be one to watch because its on the international scene where Erdogan has had the majority of his successes and it helps take the focus domestically from their ongoing economic problems !!
I must say Simon, you SEVERELY underestimate my governments terror at losing TSMC. No way in hell they ever let Trump pull back support from Taiwan. We the need the microchips too badly to actually meaningfully isolate the Taiwanese.
Well it depends on how truly powerful Trump will be, I dont know if he can one day just decide to change foreign policy, but if he can I wouldnt be so sure.
@@vojtapergl858 if he actually tried, im sure the money and military interests in the usa will jfk him well before they ever take effect. The usa has its real owners, and it sure as hell isnt the president.
Kinda not even considering Ukraine could actually build and use nuclear weapons…..if everyone else involved in the Budapest agreement have abandoned it why not Ukraine?
Not defending him but its really telling how badly all of nato relies on the US when trump said he'd consider pulling aid to those not meeting the quota.
i find it amazing how well trumps primitive strategy described in his book "the art of the deal" works even on a global political scale. trump makes ONE outrageous demand/ offer and they all get their panties in a twist panicking leaving them completely open to his next more reasonable offer.
@@goofixful he doesnt have to given how much the Belgian economy depends on America a single tariff or tax on American companies investing in Belgium is more than enough pressure to make the Belgian government reevaluate their contributions.
Problem is, I think Trump might still pull super from NATO countries that DO meet the quota, if push came to shove. All of the countries that are most vulnerable to Russian attack are spending well above 2% of their GDP, as per the recommendation. The countries that are still slacking are not the countries in which these conflicts would begin.
@@Bertinator-nm9ldI don’t think he would, I don’t think he’d even defund support for those not meeting it unless it really came down to the wire. Too much money invested and deals running that even the USA relies on to upset the cart too much. So he acts the bully, might make gestures to the money faucet, may even tap it a few times for some countries, but ultimately the funding keeps coming.
There's many versions on who first said it... But they said Capitalism would sell the rope to hang it. And if Trump ends up selling his neutrality over Taiwan and Xi plays diplomacy right, that's exactly what will happen thanks to Taiwan's role in the semiconductor industry.
This is never gona happen, doesn’t matter what china offers, the best any of these countries can do is get on better terms with the US, we aren’t letting countries just do whatever they want because they offer something, people are clueless if they can’t see why trump talks about these dictators and authoritarians the way he does, there is no benefit in provoking, insulting, embarrassing, humiliating, offending, or say anything negative when speaking about these countries and leaders to the media, behind closed doors and in negotiations is different, you can let them save a little face to their people and the world
Our political parties have traded places. The left leaning msm is just a reflection of that. So, if you listen to said media, being the world's police was a bad thing before, but now it's a good thing.
I guess y’all forgot this was almost the exact same scenarios in play before the last Trump Administration. It was difficult then as it will be now. This just exemplifies how great his Foreign Policy was. Thank you for remembering.
It very much wasn't as difficult then as it will be now. He put a Fox News host in charge of the army and has fallen out with the most competent people in his prior administration, and in his first term there was no realistic chance that NATO's mutual defence clause would be put to the test. As attested by multiple people in his first administration, Trump repeatedly had to be talked out of using or threatening nuclear force to deal with North Korea, China, or _hurricanes._ This does not form a reassuring picture. He's hiring people based on loyalty, he's got a far more tense geopolitical climate to deal with and he holds a grudge when people tell him "no."
Do you realize that trump has killed more Rus than Biden has? Look up the battle of Kasham or see what Trump did to assads chemical plants/airports. Trump is going to double down on Ukraine And I dont think the republicans are ready for it.
Alright, so for non-Americans. This guy posting is a snowflake. I don't apologize for us standing for our own goals for once. We give more aid than all other countries in the world combined. If y'all don't appreciate us, move out of our way. Be our ally or get out of our way and allow us to do what's best for the US.
Ukraine needs soldiers. Go volunteer. It's a win win win... You get to leave the US, Ukraine gets more cannon fodder, and the majority of Americans no longer have to listen to your whining.
Love watching your videos, you cover topics very comprehensively. My only request is please speak slower😂. Not being a native English speaker, it's hard for some of us to catch your accent and your speed in pronouncing some words makes me mentally tired😂. I watch your videos in 0.9x speed, and I still struggle.
Also Trumps mixed Words on Israel, sometimes they should pay for us help, no us money to them. Than we will support Israel stronger as an Partner fighting against Terror+ And with that comes also Turkey again in that topic since Erdogans loud talk against Israel and Threats
You are missing something important stated by Trump during the election series. He committed to Taiwanese freedom and ensuring China didn't get it's grubby paws on their high quality chip making technology.
He's also talked about Taiwan compensating America for its protection as a condition of continuing to get it, so he's effectively said that he's completely committed to the defence of Taiwan while also only willing to defend it if it pays. It's not unreasonable to be concerned that he'll pick the second option out of these two contradictory statements, because he can't mean both.
Also like what means paying for protection? I understand paying for US weapons,but not some mafia style protection which is what Trumps wants, probably wants to get paid straight to his pocket
It almost seems like europe needs to get its shyt together and start double or tripling their military budgets and be able to stand on their own without the US. The US would never leave them high and dry if they start pulling their weight.... i mean look at poland, learned from history and isnt going to get step on easily ever again
You do realize we’ve stabbed Poland in the back before right? They’re also on of the nations that was angered the most by Trumps rhetoric about abandoning allies to Russia. They’re also one of the largest supporters of Ukraine, who Trump wants to abandon.
In what way is Trump getting Europe to strengthen itself a bad strategy that can help Russia? Everyone wins. Europe becomes independent over time, whether through arming itself with American arms or through its own development like France wants. If the American mil. Ind. complex gets less tax money and more export orders, the gov can spend more on the things Americans ACTUALLY need
I find that bizarre, Europe is well armed 😂 Christ population is 600 million vs USA 350 , Britain and France have as many nukes as the USA and Frances are completely independent of the USA while the UK uses trident which is a us system.
12:45 I don’t think that the assumption made here is that correct. I think Trump is much more likely to leverage sanctions against Taiwan than withdraw military support.
Sadly your videos about Balkans are often one-sided and anti-Serbian. You forgot to mention the troubles Serbian civilians face in Kosovo and the fact that Kosovo is not a UN recognized country, so it's still a part of Serbia. More countries recognize Palestine than Kosovo as an independent country. When it comes to Bosnia, I think that conflict is most likely there but I habe a feeling Trump will offer a Kosovo for Republic of Srpska swap, though I may be wrong here. What Trumo doesn't like about Serbia is Chinese influence, so this may not be as good as it seems for Serbia. The whole 90s mess could've been dealt with much better and Balkans would've stayed calm for a long time.
Yes. He repeatedly had to be talked out of using or threatening nukes to solve headaches during his first term and this time around, he's fallen out with all the competent people from his first administration.
@@Talisguy you mean the competent people that went behind his back and did everything in their power to subvert his orders? i think you confuse treasonous with competent. besides threatening nukes seems to have worked wonders on north Korea and russia didn't start its invasion until trump was out of office.
As a history buff with an autistic focus on the World Wars, I have been waiting for this for nearly ten years now. Because *everytime* we get around to actually fixing the many problems in our country, we get dragged into another conflict overseas, and kick the can of progress another ten years down the road.
I have to laugh years ago I listened to various protestors and politicians in Europe and Asia basically saying "YANKEE GO HOME!!!" So now that the USA has a President that is willing to pull back and protect his countries interests suddenly its "OMG. We weren't serious about you leaving." Saw this when the USA started closing bases in Europe in the 1990s suddenly the same EU people that protested wanting the Americans to go home turned around and demanded that they stay. Past time for the EU to pay for itself. I feel sorry only for Hungry, Poland, and the Baltic countries who are spending the time and money to protect themselves while the EU in Brussels lectures them on climate change and LGBTQ+ rights and fiddling away as the world burns.
Also, why is every other country in the world aloud to have terrifs, but if America want to use terifs, we must be punished with more terifs against us? We always get the short end of trade deals, which most people don't know, but when we want to improve our deals to benefit us more, we're bullies.
The purpose of tarrifs is to protect local production. If a country does not produce something, putting a tarrif on that thing doesn't protect anything, it just makes the product harder to buy for the locals.
The US isn't punished by tariffs. It's punished by the fact that US foodstuffs are filled with toxic chemicals. For example, here in the UK, it's illegal to import fruit loops from the US because the artificial blueberry colour in them has been linked to brain cancer. The UK has sought a trade deal with the US for the last 4 years but it's impossible because our food safety laws will not allow the importation of US agricultural goods on the grounds of how it's processed. Stop using growth hormones in beef and stop chorine washing chicken then we will buy it.
As a negotiating tactic, announcing ahead of time that you don’t want to start any wars is a weak first move. I thought Trump was practicing the “crazier than thou” strategy. My guess for Taiwan is that Trump will simply fold and we end up buying chips from China. The disruption of a conflict with China would make Covid supply chain problems seem like heaven.
Hahahahaha like he ended the war in Afghanistan?! Or all the ones in Africa n S America that were going on? Didn’t Russia get bold right round his first term and start the process of war in Ukraine by annexing Crimea? Only promises he’ll keep are ones that enrich him and his billionaire buddies.
@@anthonybraden157 this is why the libs lost the election. you don't even understand the basics of conservative politics or politics in general. after trump jd vance will be the maga candidate. he is the choice of trumps big tech billionaires and was specifically chosen as their plant to inherit trumps legacy. trumps son will be next in line after vance provided the dems manage to run face first into a wall again as they did in this election by denying reality. i don't think its likely that trumps son will ever get elected president however as he has zero pedigree on the economic or political stage other than having a famous billionaire dad. you do have a point however on a possible 3rd term for trump provided a major war kicks off or the current russia conflict escalates beyond eastern Europe as it would give trump carte blanc to suspend the elections. however in order to do this trump would need to actually declare a state of war which is rather uncommon in our day and age where all wars are excused as "peacekeeping operations" by all global players.
Trillions. You essentially have to move the fabs, equipment, people, living accommodation for the people, power generation, water cleaning, and more to a location where the logistics would make sense. Basically move taiwan to america and give the empty island of taiwan to ccp.
Hahaha... geez guys... it's all on trump huh. No one anywhere has agency over themselves. Fix your own damn problems. What is this hysterical trump propaganda lately. Calm down guys.
@chaosgamer016_5 yeah sorry i misundstood the comment. The emoji is so that people don't misunderstand the message. I guess my comment was not necessary. No emoji at the end of this comment tho
Here's how it works: Country or group says "we are going to start fighting". Trump sends a clear message "You could do that, and we could launch a few missiles and really mess you up, or you could just chill out and get along". Pretty much how it worked last time, and sometimes there were a few missiles, and sometimes there was diplomacy. But you don't have to go to war to send the message literally or figuratively.
You haven't actually provided anything if you're not willing to use it when it counts. If you're not willing to put your money where your mouth is then your protection is _and has always been_ the world's most expensive bluff.
Also, you're being compensated. Handsomely. You get a lot of favours for being the West's security guarantor. If you're no longer trusted in that role then those favours will quickly stop coming, and believe me when I tell you that you _will_ notice their absence.
@@resileaf9501 the trade relationship is in no way "entirely open" if you ever tried importing American goods to Europe you would know the monumental amounts of red tape to go around. its often easyer to import stuff from china to the EU than the US
I think before you go any further, you should explain why you don't like Trump, because it seems to be adding a lot of bias to your videos. If it's simply because Europe might have to start paying their fair share, then suck it up. I'm tired of the strained middle class in America having to pay for Europe's luxuries
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5:08 factual wrong. Moldova is NOT a NATO member
That's a VERY important distinction.... Big miss by Warfronts
Was about to say thanks warpgraphics for taking us into nato❤ - sincerely, a Moldovan
Romania is Moldova is a breakaway transitira is a breakaway of a breakaway, I can see how someone off the street is like whaaa but the writers gaffed big time
The writer probably confused Moldova with Montenegro, an actual NATO member.
@@keso_de_bola1750 probably. I mean hey mistakes happen and I’m sure they’ll be a correction. It’s not like we’re talking about MSNBC were it’s intentional misleading and if enough backlash comes they’ll quietly correct it
When you've followed global politics for as many decades as I have you understand what's happening now between the Koreas is "Same script; different actors."
Things change. It's not the same as it has been. It's a dangerous habit to get complacent.
Love watching the daily vids on my lunch break warographics team ❤
That’s what I do most of the time as well!!!
28:04 is Atlanta, GA footage not the country of Georgia.
As a GA resident myself I recognized it too
LOL OH NO
Does Georgia in the US get that cold?
Nevermind just looked it up. Had the impression that it was mostly swamp land 🤷♂️
5:08 Moldova isn't a NATO member
I agree. It most cases, it's way better to be prepared at a minimum for a potential catastrophe, rather than be surprised by it later. Thank you for keeping us informed, Simon and team!
Just here waiting for the Florida man Fridays upload on brainblaze.....
Knowing the country wouldn't take part in a new war during Trump's reign would empower terrible people to do whatever they wanted to do.
At this point who cares as long as it doesn't affect the United States' national security and sovereignty 🤷🏻♂️, we need to go back to the Monroe doctrine!!
^except it will effect the US
@@shawnsweet5557 Any large enough conflict would affect us in an inflationary way. Food scarcity and a medical crisis would also set in depending where the conflict flared up. The U.S. imports A LOT more food and medicine than people wanna talk about. Insulin is basically the only medicine we wouldn't run out of within a few weeks. Over 90% of our medicine comes from China / India.
@@shawnsweet5557 The usas power and prosperity is entirely based on being able to keep Pax Americana intact.
Isolationists seem to forget that blatantly obvious fact, and think abandoning the world will somehow not result in America being abandoned in turn.
Have fun being poor, insecure, and alone.
Yet the Majority of modern conflicts were started under Biden and Obama who didn't have this kind of policy.
The Turkey area could be one to watch because its on the international scene where Erdogan has had the majority of his successes and it helps take the focus domestically from their ongoing economic problems !!
I must say Simon, you SEVERELY underestimate my governments terror at losing TSMC. No way in hell they ever let Trump pull back support from Taiwan. We the need the microchips too badly to actually meaningfully isolate the Taiwanese.
Well it depends on how truly powerful Trump will be, I dont know if he can one day just decide to change foreign policy, but if he can I wouldnt be so sure.
What about the chips act.
Then why would trump say "we will make Taiwan pay for weapons"?
@@roelofschuldink4177 Trump wants to get rid of it.
@@vojtapergl858 if he actually tried, im sure the money and military interests in the usa will jfk him well before they ever take effect.
The usa has its real owners, and it sure as hell isnt the president.
Kinda not even considering Ukraine could actually build and use nuclear weapons…..if everyone else involved in the Budapest agreement have abandoned it why not Ukraine?
Not defending him but its really telling how badly all of nato relies on the US when trump said he'd consider pulling aid to those not meeting the quota.
i find it amazing how well trumps primitive strategy described in his book "the art of the deal" works even on a global political scale. trump makes ONE outrageous demand/ offer and they all get their panties in a twist panicking leaving them completely open to his next more reasonable offer.
The problem is that all of the nations next to Russia invest more than nato requires, so is he going to somehow allow russia to attack belgium?
@@goofixful he doesnt have to given how much the Belgian economy depends on America a single tariff or tax on American companies investing in Belgium is more than enough pressure to make the Belgian government reevaluate their contributions.
Problem is, I think Trump might still pull super from NATO countries that DO meet the quota, if push came to shove. All of the countries that are most vulnerable to Russian attack are spending well above 2% of their GDP, as per the recommendation. The countries that are still slacking are not the countries in which these conflicts would begin.
@@Bertinator-nm9ldI don’t think he would, I don’t think he’d even defund support for those not meeting it unless it really came down to the wire. Too much money invested and deals running that even the USA relies on to upset the cart too much. So he acts the bully, might make gestures to the money faucet, may even tap it a few times for some countries, but ultimately the funding keeps coming.
Simons flashpoint is when Keeps offers to sponsor his videos
well one things for sure... get ready for them grabby handshakes lol.
still better than child smelling.
Moldova isn't a part of NATO as Neutrality is enshrined in her constitution. Their sole alliance is a defence pact with Romania.
It’s not easy to prevent wars if the politicians actually did what the people wanted, or what was in their best interests
"Highly competent geopolitical actors" is doing a *LOT* of heavy lifting there, given the cabinet picks, so far
I knew of Taiwan and North Korea... But the rest I had no idea about. Thank you for having these videos keeping us informed.
0:01 the sound guy added a clap effect.
That clap at the start 😂
Moldova is not a member of nato, I’m surprised you would get that wrong
28:05 wrong Georgia in video. (Metro Atlanta)
There's many versions on who first said it... But they said Capitalism would sell the rope to hang it.
And if Trump ends up selling his neutrality over Taiwan and Xi plays diplomacy right, that's exactly what will happen thanks to Taiwan's role in the semiconductor industry.
Pretty doubtful considering how much EVERYONE relies on them... At least until somebody else figured out how to do it better...
@ralofofriverwood4806 Doubtful... But with Trump it just became possible.
Taiwan has the bomb and it's submarine delivered 😅 china could pounce but about 1/4 of the urban areas of land would be gone 😂 a worth while trade off
This is never gona happen, doesn’t matter what china offers, the best any of these countries can do is get on better terms with the US, we aren’t letting countries just do whatever they want because they offer something, people are clueless if they can’t see why trump talks about these dictators and authoritarians the way he does, there is no benefit in provoking, insulting, embarrassing, humiliating, offending, or say anything negative when speaking about these countries and leaders to the media, behind closed doors and in negotiations is different, you can let them save a little face to their people and the world
One thing is absolutely certain; we live in supremely interesting times.
When did Japan and South Korea settle the comfort women issue? Did the 2015 agreement not fall apart, or is he referencing something else?
He will pull all support for Ukraine and Haiti. Not only that, it is not completely out of the question that he lends military support to Russia.
We can’t fix Haiti. I don’t know if anyone can
@@gregruppert2555he can, and likely will, make things worse.
The clap sound effect in the beginning lmao
Things aren’t looking good for these places.
Moldova is not in NATO. It’s not allowed to be per the constitution.
Wait I thought everyone wanted us to mind our business. What’s changed all of sudden?
Our political parties have traded places. The left leaning msm is just a reflection of that.
So, if you listen to said media, being the world's police was a bad thing before, but now it's a good thing.
Taiwan and Ukraine didnt want that, everybody else they got what they wanted.
I think people were only ever talking about the Middle East, when they said stuff like that
They meant America going and starting wars, not America abandoning its allies.
The worst restarting conflict is the one fought between Trump's doctors and 12 Diet Cokes per day
28:02 that's a different Georgia
I guess y’all forgot this was almost the exact same scenarios in play before the last Trump Administration. It was difficult then as it will be now. This just exemplifies how great his Foreign Policy was. Thank you for remembering.
It very much wasn't as difficult then as it will be now. He put a Fox News host in charge of the army and has fallen out with the most competent people in his prior administration, and in his first term there was no realistic chance that NATO's mutual defence clause would be put to the test. As attested by multiple people in his first administration, Trump repeatedly had to be talked out of using or threatening nuclear force to deal with North Korea, China, or _hurricanes._
This does not form a reassuring picture. He's hiring people based on loyalty, he's got a far more tense geopolitical climate to deal with and he holds a grudge when people tell him "no."
Except his foreign policy wasn’t great at all.
As an American I apologize in advance for whatever happens next.
As an American, i don't apologize for what happens next.
I'm not a Trump supporter, but this sad boy bs from people like this is why he won. Who wants to be on this pathetic side.
Do you realize that trump has killed more Rus than Biden has? Look up the battle of Kasham or see what Trump did to assads chemical plants/airports. Trump is going to double down on Ukraine And I dont think the republicans are ready for it.
Alright, so for non-Americans. This guy posting is a snowflake. I don't apologize for us standing for our own goals for once. We give more aid than all other countries in the world combined. If y'all don't appreciate us, move out of our way. Be our ally or get out of our way and allow us to do what's best for the US.
Ukraine needs soldiers. Go volunteer. It's a win win win... You get to leave the US, Ukraine gets more cannon fodder, and the majority of Americans no longer have to listen to your whining.
Love watching your videos, you cover topics very comprehensively.
My only request is please speak slower😂.
Not being a native English speaker, it's hard for some of us to catch your accent and your speed in pronouncing some words makes me mentally tired😂. I watch your videos in 0.9x speed, and I still struggle.
What about the "Cola Wars" huh?
Also Trumps mixed Words on Israel, sometimes they should pay for us help, no us money to them.
Than we will support Israel stronger as an Partner fighting against Terror+
And with that comes also Turkey again in that topic since Erdogans loud talk against Israel and Threats
Georgia is northeast of Turkey, not northwest.
So…… it seems Abkhazia wanted to be first in line
How come the People’s Republic of China and Republic of China (Taiwan) are not on this list?
The USA has written agreements to defend Taiwan; he is just posturing; you Europeans still don't get Trump after all these years...
Most of this video was legit fantasy.
latest news is that elon has met with irans U.N ambassador
NATO member Moldova???? Did I hear that correctly????
05:04 "nato memeber moldova"? what? since when?
My favorite channel with another video!!
Giving up on tawaian is a death sentence. You might as well just hand over the ability to China to develop and produce microchips.
Idk I love Elsa she's literally me
That's funny. The target date for reunification was 2030, i thought
I think China had a good opportunity to attack Taiwan if they did it at the same time Russia attacked Ukraine
All of them.
I dont conusume normal media anymore to keep up with the worlds conflicts. Warfronts has got me just fine.
I mean i don´t know, there were so many conflicts during Trump´s first admin...
All it takes is one country doing something dum, dangerous or different.
Simon has earned my trust like Walter Cronkite earned the first video generation's trust did.
Putin looks really short compared to other world leaders
We made America based again
Here for the cope and seethe over tulsi gabbard
You are missing something important stated by Trump during the election series. He committed to Taiwanese freedom and ensuring China didn't get it's grubby paws on their high quality chip making technology.
He's also talked about Taiwan compensating America for its protection as a condition of continuing to get it, so he's effectively said that he's completely committed to the defence of Taiwan while also only willing to defend it if it pays.
It's not unreasonable to be concerned that he'll pick the second option out of these two contradictory statements, because he can't mean both.
Hes america first not america only. Plus hes not stupid losing those chips would be disastrous
Trump wont care to intervene, he will say something like; they didnt pay enough, they deserve it, it is their fault, they provoked the conflict etc.
Also like what means paying for protection? I understand paying for US weapons,but not some mafia style protection which is what Trumps wants, probably wants to get paid straight to his pocket
@@Im-Kaspaare you sure?
India vs China vs Pakistan all have nukes
It almost seems like europe needs to get its shyt together and start double or tripling their military budgets and be able to stand on their own without the US.
The US would never leave them high and dry if they start pulling their weight.... i mean look at poland, learned from history and isnt going to get step on easily ever again
You do realize we’ve stabbed Poland in the back before right?
They’re also on of the nations that was angered the most by Trumps rhetoric about abandoning allies to Russia. They’re also one of the largest supporters of Ukraine, who Trump wants to abandon.
Next 4 years my country will change
“And then it got worse”
In what way is Trump getting Europe to strengthen itself a bad strategy that can help Russia? Everyone wins. Europe becomes independent over time, whether through arming itself with American arms or through its own development like France wants. If the American mil. Ind. complex gets less tax money and more export orders, the gov can spend more on the things Americans ACTUALLY need
Trump plans to massively increase defence spending, so those last two things are definitely not happening.
I find that bizarre, Europe is well armed 😂 Christ population is 600 million vs USA 350 , Britain and France have as many nukes as the USA and Frances are completely independent of the USA while the UK uses trident which is a us system.
Are u Vsauce?
all of them...
12:45 I don’t think that the assumption made here is that correct. I think Trump is much more likely to leverage sanctions against Taiwan than withdraw military support.
Loving these videos!
Sadly your videos about Balkans are often one-sided and anti-Serbian. You forgot to mention the troubles Serbian civilians face in Kosovo and the fact that Kosovo is not a UN recognized country, so it's still a part of Serbia. More countries recognize Palestine than Kosovo as an independent country.
When it comes to Bosnia, I think that conflict is most likely there but I habe a feeling Trump will offer a Kosovo for Republic of Srpska swap, though I may be wrong here. What Trumo doesn't like about Serbia is Chinese influence, so this may not be as good as it seems for Serbia.
The whole 90s mess could've been dealt with much better and Balkans would've stayed calm for a long time.
It means we're fucked
So the first President we had since Carter who started no new wars is a threat to world peace? Is he? 🤣😂👍🍿
Yes. He repeatedly had to be talked out of using or threatening nukes to solve headaches during his first term and this time around, he's fallen out with all the competent people from his first administration.
@@Talisguy you mean the competent people that went behind his back and did everything in their power to subvert his orders?
i think you confuse treasonous with competent.
besides threatening nukes seems to have worked wonders on north Korea and russia didn't start its invasion until trump was out of office.
His administration bombed more than the previous 8 years, in his first two years!!
Hungary gaining power is good for Serbia?? 😂😂😂 omg thats funny.
Trump-Putin-Orban
Make Autocrats Great Again
2025 will be a ride...
moldova isnt a nato memeber
As a history buff with an autistic focus on the World Wars, I have been waiting for this for nearly ten years now.
Because *everytime* we get around to actually fixing the many problems in our country, we get dragged into another conflict overseas, and kick the can of progress another ten years down the road.
you don't "get dragged", you choose to invade.
The State Department would do well to watch these videos given the fools who will soon comprise the new cabinet.
A lot of facts wrong in this video.
America now has a King 👑
May the Father of Understanding Guide Us
I have to laugh years ago I listened to various protestors and politicians in Europe and Asia basically saying "YANKEE GO HOME!!!" So now that the USA has a President that is willing to pull back and protect his countries interests suddenly its "OMG. We weren't serious about you leaving." Saw this when the USA started closing bases in Europe in the 1990s suddenly the same EU people that protested wanting the Americans to go home turned around and demanded that they stay. Past time for the EU to pay for itself. I feel sorry only for Hungry, Poland, and the Baltic countries who are spending the time and money to protect themselves while the EU in Brussels lectures them on climate change and LGBTQ+ rights and fiddling away as the world burns.
Also, why is every other country in the world aloud to have terrifs, but if America want to use terifs, we must be punished with more terifs against us? We always get the short end of trade deals, which most people don't know, but when we want to improve our deals to benefit us more, we're bullies.
The purpose of tarrifs is to protect local production. If a country does not produce something, putting a tarrif on that thing doesn't protect anything, it just makes the product harder to buy for the locals.
The US isn't punished by tariffs. It's punished by the fact that US foodstuffs are filled with toxic chemicals.
For example, here in the UK, it's illegal to import fruit loops from the US because the artificial blueberry colour in them has been linked to brain cancer.
The UK has sought a trade deal with the US for the last 4 years but it's impossible because our food safety laws will not allow the importation of US agricultural goods on the grounds of how it's processed. Stop using growth hormones in beef and stop chorine washing chicken then we will buy it.
You sound a bit under the weather, Simon. If that’s the case, I hope you get well soon!
Simon at it again - instead of butchering the Abkhazia and Ossetia names, just call them Anastasia 1 and Anastasia 2 and move on.
Killroy's kuz wuz hur tu.
Sometimes it takes discomfort to get off your ass
I studied history in Uni. I'm terrified to watch this. I hope sand tastes as good as the ostriches make it seem.
As a negotiating tactic, announcing ahead of time that you don’t want to start any wars is a weak first move. I thought Trump was practicing the “crazier than thou” strategy.
My guess for Taiwan is that Trump will simply fold and we end up buying chips from China. The disruption of a conflict with China would make Covid supply chain problems seem like heaven.
Trump said he would end all wars. Let's hope he keeps his promises.
No one person can pull that off, and nobody who would actually make that claim about themselves is going to be a meaningful part of that process.
Nato doesn't want an end to wars
@@strongmermaid4651we all want qars to stop. Why qould we not want to?
Hahahahaha like he ended the war in Afghanistan?! Or all the ones in Africa n S America that were going on? Didn’t Russia get bold right round his first term and start the process of war in Ukraine by annexing Crimea? Only promises he’ll keep are ones that enrich him and his billionaire buddies.
The worst restarting conflict is the one fought between Trump's doctors and 12 Diet Cokes per day
Last time Trump was president the world was a lot more peaceful.
Many members of his staff have attested to this having little to do with Trump himself, who had to repeatedly be talked out of nuking his problems.
It won't be so this time. His third term here is gonna be rocky. Just wait until the fourth.
@@aesop2733 third? did you drink the paint thinner again?
@@KT-pv3kl Nah, he's probably right. Trump will try to railroad either himself or his son-in-law back into the presidency after his second term.
@@anthonybraden157 this is why the libs lost the election. you don't even understand the basics of conservative politics or politics in general. after trump jd vance will be the maga candidate. he is the choice of trumps big tech billionaires and was specifically chosen as their plant to inherit trumps legacy. trumps son will be next in line after vance provided the dems manage to run face first into a wall again as they did in this election by denying reality.
i don't think its likely that trumps son will ever get elected president however as he has zero pedigree on the economic or political stage other than having a famous billionaire dad.
you do have a point however on a possible 3rd term for trump provided a major war kicks off or the current russia conflict escalates beyond eastern Europe as it would give trump carte blanc to suspend the elections. however in order to do this trump would need to actually declare a state of war which is rather uncommon in our day and age where all wars are excused as "peacekeeping operations" by all global players.
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How much does it cost to relocate tsmc to a less problematic location?
Trillions. You essentially have to move the fabs, equipment, people, living accommodation for the people, power generation, water cleaning, and more to a location where the logistics would make sense. Basically move taiwan to america and give the empty island of taiwan to ccp.
Your channel is one of the only truly unbiased geopolitics channels I’ve found
lol sure dude
Unbiased😂😂 that’s a good joke. It’s a good channel but unbiased it is not
why is it that we all see the guy saying things we agree with as "unbiased"
Not unbiased at all wake up dummy
A good channel but not an unbiased one
Hahaha... geez guys... it's all on trump huh. No one anywhere has agency over themselves. Fix your own damn problems.
What is this hysterical trump propaganda lately. Calm down guys.
Someday we'll MTWGA.
Say what you want about trump his story is amazing
Moldova is part of nato? Lol. Ao much wrong with your biased videos. 😂
I guess mistakes=biased now also if I can ask why do you people always put emojis at the end of every sentence
@chaosgamer016_5 yeah sorry i misundstood the comment. The emoji is so that people don't misunderstand the message. I guess my comment was not necessary. No emoji at the end of this comment tho
@@slazhdk3111 I really don't know why are you apologizing to me I was talking about the comenter above but the emoji thing is anoying
@@chaosgamer016_5 thought you were refering to my deletet comment
Here's how it works: Country or group says "we are going to start fighting". Trump sends a clear message "You could do that, and we could launch a few missiles and really mess you up, or you could just chill out and get along". Pretty much how it worked last time, and sometimes there were a few missiles, and sometimes there was diplomacy. But you don't have to go to war to send the message literally or figuratively.
hmmmm sounds like Europeans are very dependent on the US for stabilization and maybe we should be compensated for that
So the almost entirely open trade relationship between the US and Europe is not enough?
You haven't actually provided anything if you're not willing to use it when it counts. If you're not willing to put your money where your mouth is then your protection is _and has always been_ the world's most expensive bluff.
Also, you're being compensated. Handsomely. You get a lot of favours for being the West's security guarantor. If you're no longer trusted in that role then those favours will quickly stop coming, and believe me when I tell you that you _will_ notice their absence.
@@resileaf9501 the trade relationship is in no way "entirely open" if you ever tried importing American goods to Europe you would know the monumental amounts of red tape to go around. its often easyer to import stuff from china to the EU than the US
@@Talisguy what favors?
Idea:
All these FROZEN conflict areas should be goven the UN and are free trade areas.
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I think before you go any further, you should explain why you don't like Trump, because it seems to be adding a lot of bias to your videos. If it's simply because Europe might have to start paying their fair share, then suck it up. I'm tired of the strained middle class in America having to pay for Europe's luxuries
That’s not at all what happened he literally explained the points trump has made and America doesn’t pay for europes luxuries lmao
Kosovo Je Serbija🗣️
Pay for your own wars..