Impact of US Policies on Global Economies

We would think that Britain, Japan, uh,

Germany-

Mm-hmm

... uh, EU could-

Mm-hmm

... all be powerful-

Mm-hmm

... but they've all been cannibalized by the

United States,

especially Germany, right? Because remember, before 2014,

Germany could take cheap

Russian energy,

subcontract to Polish, uh, factories, and

then sell expensive manufactured goods like cars

to China,

right?

Mm-hmm.

And this allowed Germany to become the most dynamic economy in the world at that

time. But then what happened was America said, "You can't

buy cheap Russian energy." In fact, America blew

up the Nord Stream, right? "And you can't trade with

China anymore."

Mm-hmm.

So it screwed Germany over.

So if you're in a system, what America does is cannibalize you,

right?

Same with China, where China is part of the system,

and China, um, recycles a lot of US

dollars into the US economy, but

America is like, "No, you have to obey

us,

or otherwise we will,

uh, restrict semiconductors to you.

We will,

um, impose tariffs on you, and we will block trade

access,"

right?