US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivered an extremely hawkish speech in which he demonized China as a "threat" and said, "We are preparing for war". Ben Norton analyzes the top Trump admin official's aggressive remarks at the Shangri-La Dialogue 2025 summit. He explains the geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific region, and Washington's unsuccessful attempt to pressure countries to join its new cold war on Beijing.
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0:00 (CLIPS) US defense secretary speech
0:30 US military prepares for war
1:05 (CLIP) "We are preparing for war"
1:25 Trump admin's war threats
1:55 (CLIP) Trump "will never hesitate to" use force
2:13 (CLIP) "Deterrence" and war
2:24 Shangri-La Dialogue 2025 summit
2:41 Asia-Pacific region
3:59 (CLIP) USA is "here to stay" in "Indo-Pacific"
4:19 US empire seeks hegemony
4:50 (CLIP) Pentagon says China is a "threat"
5:11 Pete Hegseth, extremist US "crusader"
6:31 Myth of Chinese "hegemony"
7:24 (CLIP) Hegseth on China "threat"
8:01 China opposes hegemony
9:34 China doesn't want hegemony
10:33 US pressures Asia to cut ties with China
11:17 (CLIP) USA opposes "economic cooperation"
11:47 Taiwan
13:05 (CLIP) Hegseth on Taiwan
13:32 Hegseth's hawkish rhetoric
13:56 (CLIP) US "warfighters" and "warfighting"
14:31 US military budget of $1 trillion
14:40 (CLIP) Trump boosts US military spending
15:02 Military interventions
15:32 (CLIP) USA tells Asia: Join us against China
15:48 US divide-and-conquer strategy is failing
16:23 China, Japan, South Korea cooperate
16:47 Trump's tariff threats
17:25 RCEP trade deal
17:55 ASEAN-GCC-China summit
18:36 India
18:43 (CLIP) Hegseth on US-India partnership
19:00 India-China relations
20:24 Philippines volunteers to be Ukraine of Asia
21:21 US military bases and missiles in Philippines
21:51 Militarization of first island chain
22:48 Regional non-alignment
23:19 Philippines and Australia
24:40 Colonialist Monroe Doctrine
25:03 (CLIP) Hegseth threatens Panama Canal
25:31 US imperialism is bipartisan
26:03 Biden official praises Trump's China policy
27:02 Republicans vs Democrats
27:39 US empire says war is peace
28:32 (CLIP) USA doesn't seek encirclement?
28:45 US "grand encirclement plan" for China
29:34 Biden admin's China policy
30:02 (CLIP) Antony Blinken on China containment
30:15 Imperial hypocrisy
31:05 Cold War Two
31:54 Silicon Valley profits from war preparations
32:15 Outro
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The US launched more than 250 military interventions since 1991. Meanwhile, China built the world's most extensive high-speed railway network. Make of that what you will.
"... you're stuck with me..." this guy, secretary of defense (?!) couldn't even name any ASEAN country when questioned!!! And he was a fox news journalist??? Guess a monkey in a blond wig will be hired!!!
damn war mongers, i do not appreciate the US trying to keep their hegemony at all costs (specially the cost of life). it will lead the whole world into turmoil.
China smiles enigmatically at the lunatics, criminals, and warmongers of the dysfunctional states of America . The world, however, laughs at the irrelevance of the US.
Outrageous! 9 US military bases in the Philippines to threaten China---- what a waste of money, and resources! The billions wasted on warmongering/war profiteering could of been spent building the infrastructure of the Philippine people improving lives, or even better the American population here in America.
Tell me what China is doing wrong? show me Chinese battle groups sailing in the north Atlantic, Caribbean or eastern pacific or west coast U.S.A? show me Chinese bases along the U.S borders, show me Chinese meddling in other countries affairs? show me Chinese staging offensive weapons on other countries territories near and far!
Phillipine leadership are not stupid. Bong Bong is getting access to his father Billions. That's all he cares. Money. He does not give a krap about the Filipino people.
Amenaza de China? Donde? En las costas de California? En el golfo de México? Será por los misiles en Filipinas, o las 160 bases alrededor de China. Será por la presencia americana en mar del Sur de la China. Que hacen allí? Defender las rutas de comercio. De donde vienen esas rutas? De China. Ah, usa protege en el mar de la China las rutas de comercio chinas.
what’s scary is these warmongering words are coming out of the mouth of a defense head of the greatest military power of the world didn’t even know which countries were located & considered part of the ASEAN region of our globe.
I randomly dropped into a military subreddit discussing Hegseth to see what they were saying about this douche; surprisingly, the comments all believe he's full of it and tore apart his service record in a way only those with substantial military experience could. No one trusts him and they don't want to get into another bs war.
The arrogance of hegseth is mind boggling people here in Australia are always telling me that I don't know about the weapon's that America have and all I keep telling them is everyone knows what they have what isn't known us what Russia and China actually have as these two countries don't go around bragging about it and I've always said that Russia and China together are the perfect superpower one a economic and technological the other military and nuclear
Fortunately China does not behave like the West. If it does then war is inevitable. Through it's long history, China has learned harmony to be a much better condition than hegemony. Hegemony just brings forth too many issues down the road. The west still has much to learn...
The Shangri La dialogue claims to be a global forum but is in reality a western forum, it’s founders based in Washington, London and Berlin, and hosted by a capitalist enclave in Singapore, a key supporter of the US. Unsurprisingly therefore that China did not send a key delegate to the forum.
You've got Australia wrong mate we have strong trade relations with China and we disagree with America where we must, we're not an outpost of the US those military ties go all the way back to WW2.
My Dad used to be tough at home but when he was out, he couldn't do anything EXCEPT when he was drunk! The USA is DRUNK ON POWER.
His shtick was to pull his jacket of his shoulders and tell people to HOLD HIM BACK! NOBODY gave a damn!
Keep dropping the $$$
"War is Peace" is a Newspeak slogan from *1984*. Orwell believed the USSR represented this dystopian future, but instead, it was capitalism in the country of "freedom" that brought this to us.
Disturbing comments by Hegseth. Ironic he wants peace through strength. They mis interpret China's defensive posturing as agressive, when in fact China is surrounded by US bases and has made it clear that China does not seek hegemonism.
Show a map of US bases near China. The aggressor is self-evident.
Besides, how is China supposed to respond when the US agrees on a "One China" policy, then actively weaponizes Taiwan. It's barely not a direct act of war.
Going to war with china ?cant even win a war against Vietnam come on USA it take Twenty years to fight Vietnam still cant win the war.and usa lost their pride and bragging rights.,war with Houthis their fighter jets went scuba diving scared to fight.
From an arms dealer to a bellicose punk, the mission of whoever holds the title 'US Defence Secretary' remains the same which, incidentally, has nothing to do with defending the U.S. from imaginery enemies, but has everything to do with duping or forcing countries in other continents to kill & destroy each other, while the U.S. enjoys from afar, and profit from the flow of capital & talents to the U.S. 'safe haven' besides, of course, the money they stand to make from selling you the weapons for your self-destruction.
US always talks tough when it comes to war, but the reality is it chicken out as usual. TACOS USA 🇺🇸 TACOS 🇺🇸 Hegseth you will never get the chance to win any war with any country LOOSER Hegseth️️️️(USA)
The only country at war for the last forty years is America 🇺🇸 …
He also said, ASEAN must increase their defence spending by 5%, and boost our military industrial complex sales…
I don’t think there are any Americans that are willing to fight China because we know there are barely any Americans right now that are willing to fight for Israel’s war. And Israel is more tight into America’s economy and politics than China is.
I am skeptical, and for numerous significant reasons, not least because the world is now familiar with the formula: instill fear, assemble a group, initiate conflict, withdraw, and leave others to handle the aftermath, only to incessantly complain about war refugees. And don’t even get me started on Palantir and the other high-tech war companies (half hype, with earnings fueled by insiders and public funds). This is not to suggest that it is not a good company, but is it really cutting-edge compared to the same class of unsung Chinese companies, which may have 10 times the number of equivalent-quality labor?
The Chinese are not sheep herders; there's a lot of water between the US and China, and China now possesses the most powerful autonomous sea-fighting vehicles, boats, and ships in the world. The internal public systems and processes of the US are garbage so don't expect all of that enhanced military budget to be very efficiently or effectively spent. An environment where suppliers have been known to charge $1300 for coffee cups, $150,000 Soap Dispensers, $640 Toilet Seat etc. The list goes on! That type of gravy is more addictive than fentanyl and will take an age to root out especially after the doge escapades and the US deregulation movement have disconnected the dots.
Posturing is one thing and credible implementation is another.
This guy does not udnerstand the war against Chian is not liek WWII, by island chaine. Chiense missile directly hit the US soil at any time. The fron line power is hypersonic missile, which Pentagon still failed the test. Chian has already 10,000 of them.
If the Ukraine was next to the United States, we would all be speaking Ukrainian now. That is how it really is. This guys talks from the other side of the world. Go say that in China to a street vender.
Hearing a lot about China's aggression towards US not many examples though. I can give dozens and dozens of examples of US agression talk about projection.
Pete Hegseth can try to come to Asia as much as he wants, he is not welcomed in most parts of this side of the world.
He is asking us to counter China. But what for? US trade tariffs or the narcissistic hegemonic ego?
At the Shangri-La Dialogue, he compared Trump to the greatness that was Lee Kwan Yew. He got every Singaporean angry.
Spain sold the Philippines to the USA for $20 million. But they only bought the land; not the people. That’s why the Philippines’ natural resources were exploited, but we Filipinos did not receive the benefits of a colony.
This speech may have been music to MAGA ears, but to those who were listening at the Shangri-La conference, it probably sounded as off-key and dissonant as it sounds to most of the viewers of this video.
Bruh, I’m not sure why this is blowing your mind. As a retired intel analyst, let me make this plain:
Strategic ambiguity has been U.S. doctrine for decades.
When you operate in the realm of realpolitik and pragmatism as this administration, you understand this: projecting clarity is often a luxury calculated uncertainty is power.
If peace is equated simply with the absence of war, it can become abject pacifism that turns the world over to the most ruthless.
Ben Norton should be given a Nobile Prize for speaking the truth , on the World's situation today ,bravely and accurately as regards the attitudes of the non-hegemonic behaviour by china ,as compared on US of its hawkish and cold war mentality, threatening the World
Order, peace and stability !
Australians want no part in this.
I love the US, but the proxy wars need to end.
China and Russia are not our enemies.
We need multi-polar cooperation, peace and prosperity for all.
As an indian 🇮🇳 i can say that we have non alliance policy since independence bcz we know that how these so called colonial superpower use small country for their wars. We have border issue with china 🇨🇳 but we will deal with it, US has never supported india 🇮🇳 in past. They supported Pakistan in war with india & fight against terrorism. Recently as well during "Operation sindoor " US supported Pakistan & tried to enter in bilateral issue that we dont want to internationalise. US just want to sell their F35 to india and also they dont want business like Apple to manufacture in india. We know this very well thats why india is in BRICS & QUARD Groups. We will not put all the eggs in one basket . India should resolve issue with china and allign more with russia 🇷🇺 & china 🇨🇳 . We have great relationship with russia . Also as Europe is moving away from US so we can have one to one relationship with European countries for trade
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