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Trump Faces Global Isolation as New Security Alliances Emerge

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on world leaders ditching Trump and US-led alliances to form their own regional security arrangements and Meiselas highlights the how China has now become the maj...

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World leaders are ditching Donald Trump in the United States freezing out Tru...

forging and forming their own alliances and calling checkmate a new security umbrella

β€œis being formed in the Middle East. We saw that with the announcement of the”

Mecca pact between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey. Egypt is likely going to be joining that as well. Iran applauded the formation of the Mecca pact. We believe that Qatar and other Arab nations could be joining as well, pay close attention. But China is just waiting and ready to go. They are watching as the United States implodes and self-destructs. You read the headlines of the Chinese newspapers right now and they're talking about how Donald Trump is self-destructing

and China is just waiting for it to further assert itself in the region. We have China cutting deals with the Houthis in Yemen. Did you know that was happening? Why do you think the Chinese ships are so easily able to leave the Bob Mel Mondob straight? China and Houthis have an agreement,

β€œChina and Iran of course have an agreement and deeper understanding. There's a full-fledged alliance”

there as part of Iran's access of resistance which extends to the Houthis as well. China showing a great degree of resiliency while Donald Trump is saying, "We control it. We own the straight of hormones." You know how Donald Trump said that the United States, under former president, Biden and other presidents, was a laughing stock to the world. Well, Donald Trump and the United States quite literally are a laughing stock when it comes to China and Russia and other countries

like that North Korea and the rest of the world looks on horrified at what the United States has become so weak where the so-called Commander-in-Chief was exposed hiding on a airport catering container, leaving the old Air Force one and leaving the press to go on a plane because Donald Trump was so terrified thinking that Iran was going to kill him at the end of the NATO summit. No Donald Iran doesn't want to kill you. They want to protect you at all costs because

the damage and destruction you have done to the United States has created the vision that Iran always

wanted for the Middle East, a Middle East where the Arab brotherly nations, as they call it, are more united with each other where the United States is pushed off of its military bases. The U.S. has indeed abandoned mostly all of its military bases now in the Middle East other than its base in Israel right now. And now Israel's terrified under Netanyahu because they thought with the Abraham Accords, they were bringing certain Arab nations closer to them and isolating Iran.

They're seeing the opposite take place right now, what they forged a recent alliance with Somali land recently, but you've got Netanyahu pointing to the goal in heights yesterday saying,

"That's ours. We're never going to have a free Palestine. We're never going to allow a Palestinian

state. We're never going to allow it." I don't think that that is the they put it lightly.

β€œI think that's the complete wrong approach right now at this time.”

I think the world sees the genocide in Palestine. They see the killing and Lebanon. American taxpayers like, "We don't want our money going there at all. What the heck is even happening?" And you're seeing a lot more self-reliance with them, with and among Arab nations. Take a look at what Qataris Foreign Minister had to say. The Qatari Foreign Ministry said the following about the Mecca Alliance, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt's going to join Qataris

into it. Qataris says, "We welcome any regional cooperation for the sake of security and stability and defense of the region. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan are countries that we have good relationships with. We have brotherly relations based on common destiny and common worries, and we welcome this step and we support it." This is Qataris present in these platforms. We have our own activity, and it's a little early to determine our involvement,

but relations between the leaders of these countries in Qatar are very good with daily relations and daily contact. This is the Wall Street Journal reports. Gulf states accept a new normal in Hormuz. Iran is in control. Oil and gas exporters, saying to themselves, "Look, this is the best we can do. The United States lost. It is what it is. Iran has demonstrated that its ballistics have advanced to the point where the American interceptors are unable to shoot it

Down.

The Iranian Shaheeds are cutting edge. Iran has developed a repertoire of weapons demonstrating,

β€œbut it is a regional power. That's just the reality. Whatever you feel about it, the feeling is”

irrelevant. It's the reality of what's actually happening. I'll show you. Donald Trump saying, "We own the Strait of Hormuz. We control the Strait of Hormuz. This is what Donald Trump said last night here, play it." Iran is going fine. Going just absolutely fine. We totally control the Strait of Hormuz. We have control over it. Nobody else, only us, our Navy is unbelievable. And things are going great for our country. Again, it's just so utterly weakened. We don't control

it. We don't own it. Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz. The Houthis have a great deal of control

over Bob Bel-Mandab and the Red Sea. And China is kind of the Kaiser so say, if you will,

from usual suspects. They're behind the scenes and all of this right now, just kind of watching and waiting and seeing what's happening while they grow in power. Iran's foreign spokesperson, Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson says, "There is no reason for us to be concerned that this pact between the two neighbouring countries, Turkey, Pakistan, as well as Saudi Arabia, three countries with which we share deep religious, historical, and civilizational bonds

is directed against. We don't believe this is directed against Iran. Civilizational bonds.

β€œThat's how Iran is talking. While Donald Trump that we control the Strait of Hormuz,”

Iran's talking about religious, historical, civilizational bonds. The history of friendship between the nations of Turkey and Pakistanis, two neighbouring Muslim countries is longstanding. This development is an important sign of a shift in regional perceptions. And Iran's foreign minister, Iran, she talked about these regional perceptions. And he said, "Look, Iran is now a regional superpower." And he says that when the various foreign ministers from across the world

speak with him, they said, "You did it. You stopped the United States. You were able to do it against all odds. You've demonstrated a fearlessness in a courage." That's what Iran's foreign minister says that all these other foreign ministers are saying to him. Recently, Iran's foreign minister spoke with the Foreign Minister of Germany. Our Abbas Saragci, the Foreign Minister of Iran, in Johan Wadfo, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, had a telephone conversation

to discuss international developments. The Foreign Minister noted that the insecurity imposed on these straightive promos is exclusively the result of the military aggression by the United States. Iran's Foreign Minister also spoke with the Italian Foreign Minister and Tonyo Tajani as well. So obviously continuing conversations with Oman, continuing conversations with Pakistan, but also you have those conversations taking place with Germany and Italy and other NATO countries,

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the US security umbrella. This is what I've been talking about like a broken record for what months now I've been saying this. And this is the headline right now from the South China Morning Post. The NATO style deal between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey highlights the growing doubts in the region about over-reliance on Washington. The grand security bargain between the United States and Gulf countries is widely perceived to be freeing is what it's viewed as in Beijing,

creating what analysts see as an opening for Beijing to expand its presence in the region. It talks about how for decades Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states relied on Washington's defensive shield while it in turn relied on them for access, energy, and influence.

Riad's decision to sign this mutual defense agreement with Turkey and Pakista...

clearer sign of a shift away from a relationship with the United States. The Mecca Pack

β€œdoes like a NATO of Arab nations and it goes beyond the new regional security arrangement.”

Three middle powers, a Gulf energy giant, a NATO member, and nuclear-armed South Asian state Pakistan are taking steps to reduce reliance on the US dominated security architecture and build their own collective defense network. It's like I wrote that article. It's exactly what I've been telling you has been happening. As I'm Ron Khrushad from the US-based Middle East Forum, China is using Pakistan for weapons promotion as a gateway to enter the region's defense landscape.

Moreover, if the potential Islamic NATO that many of these countries include in Pakistan and Turkey

discussed hate shape, China might believe it has an augmented market. China has aggressively advertised its weapon platforms and builds narratives around its defense systems in the region, including claims about the success of the JF-17 fighter jet and other Chinese weapons during last year's India Pakistan conflicts. So think about it. While the Ron is, well, China is working with the Ron of the United States, but while China is developing cutting-edge drone technology,

β€œdrone swarms, FPV drones, robotics, unmanned submersives. That's what they're focused on.”

The US, under Donald Trump, this deranged psychopathic lunatic, is like we need to do battleships that look like the battleships between 1920 and 1940 because Trump doesn't like the way stealth looks. He doesn't like the way modern military systems look. So Trump has demanded that the United

States that the United States spent $300 to $400 billion, at least, on a Trump class of nuclear

battleships, which a drone could easily take out. That's where our taxpayer money is going. Just think about this. Since 2016, over $10 trillion has gone to the military for Trump and Heggsith to go through all of our weapons and for us to run out of ammunition to have our sailors at an all-time low morale on the supercarriers that remain in the region. Ten trillion dollars

β€œleave it to Heggsith and Trump and Rubio to have the US run out of weapons and completely lose the”

war to Iran. Also, as I noted at the outset, China has been cutting deals with the Houthis as the Houthis and China, just for a long-term security architectural restructuring in the Middle East. This article goes to the Almanager article says, "The US and Israel War are in its six month. The disruptions at the Babel Mandam and Hormuz Straits Babel Mandab is Red Sea, Hormuz's Persian Gulf have sent shockwaves through global markets. China has maintained access

to Middle East crude through two distinct channels. Saudi oil has reached China on Chinese link tankers, transiting waters blockaded by the Houthis. While the Iranian crude has moved toward China through ship-to-ship transfers and oil stored aboard vessels off of Malaysia. And this is a very tactical move by China. Also, Oman's top officials, foreign ministers, have been meeting with China, meeting with Wang Yi, China's foreign minister as well. So, with all of this taking place,

I mean, Israel and the Netanyahu regime. They hate this. They hate this security architecture. Because they were like, we have the, we thought that, you know, the US was going to be the top dog, the big power in the region. What the hell is happening? Now, where isolated in the US is isolated. Israel's agriculture minister, Avi Dictor, said Pakistan Saudi Arabia, Turkey. This is a very problematic Sunni alliance for the state of Israel. Egypt is going to join this alliance,

as well. There was an Iran-Araq Syria Lebanon access, which we cut down, and Syria and Lebanon have left the game. Now, we have another alliance. This requires us to be very, very careful. Pakistan is a country with nuclear weapons, and on this issue, we need to remain on guard. This only strengthens the need for an alliance with a global superpower on the scale of the United States. Israel's diaspora affairs minister, Amikai Kehil, says, we, so this is how they're trying

to think about it in Israel right now, under Netanyahu. We created a system of alliances in Europe,

Unlike anything that existed before, with the deep conservative right.

led by Abbaskel, today he is the most Zionist voice there is in Spain. The same goes for

β€œJordan Bardella and Marine Le Pen in France. With these people, a genuine closeness was created.”

We may see civil wars in Europe as crazy as that sounds. We see the right in Britain. I brought Tommy Robinson here. Many that's the far right wing extremists in the UK. Many people in Britain are with us. They are with us. We are heading toward very profound changes both in Britain and

France. Changes that in turn could also provoke counter reaction. So you have Netanyahu and Trump

working to try to encourage civil wars in Europe. I mean, you hear them in their own words,

β€œbasically, by backing these far right wing magalite parties in Europe to create this far right wing”

alliance to kind of weaken liberal democracies. But that creation in turn in their attack on NATO has ended up having the impact of actually weakening the West and weakening the US position and strengthening China's hand and strengthening the Sunni Alliance. And that's actually what we're seeing take place. I know this is a lot of detail here. There's a lot that's not being covered elsewhere. I just think it's important that we focus. This is some of the biggest issues. A restructuring

of the entire global order right now around China as the main provider of the China knew this was coming, but China thought 20, 30 years, 40 years. But it's happened in right away because Trump just destroyed everything of the post-World War II architecture of the United States.

β€œThat's what's what's gone down right before our very eyes. That's going to have a long-term”

detrimental negative impact though in the US as well. The Petra dollar, the American bond market, people, the dollar, the value of the dollar, the US debt is one massive Ponzi scheme and it relies on people continuing to buy treasury bonds and to use the dollar. If that changes, the United States is absolutely screwed. And that's what Trump's doing. I mean, who would have thought though, the guy who bankrupted his casinos, who bankrupted most of the companies, he

that would bankrupt our military would destroy our strategic petroleum reserves, would create a situation where we have the lowest morale ever on our super carriers. Who would have thought? Who would have

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