China is winning AI race, Nvidia says, as OpenAI begs US gov't for bailout
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang fears China will win the AI race, as OpenAI asks the US government for "federal guarantees" and a "backstop". The unsustainability of the enormous AI bubble is becoming clear to everyone, and Silicon Valley Big Tech executives want to be guaranteed a bailout. Ben Norton explains.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4odSW2lSUyI
Check out our related video on the AI bubble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXCVrLPTUHQ
Topics
0:00 (CLIPS) OpenAI wants US gov't "backstop"
0:31 US-China AI race
1:13 Nvidia sells shovels in AI gold rush
3:05 China restricts Nvidia chips
3:47 Nvidia CEO: China is winning AI race
5:50 AI bubble
7:21 OpenAI CFO asks for federal "backstop"
8:11 (CLIP) OpenAI CFO on US gov't support
8:51 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
9:22 (CLIP) US gov't as "insurer of last resort"
9:49 Too Big to Fail 2.0
10:53 Sam Altman backtracks
11:58 OpenAI letter asks US gov't for support
14:32 Banning Chinese AI competitors
15:31 Trump supports OpenAI & Sam Altman
16:19 (CLIP) Sam Altman at White House
16:36 Sam Altman donates to Trump
17:03 Chinese open-source AI models
17:56 US corporations want monopolies
18:58 Peter Thiel & Sam Altman
19:34 (CLIP) "Competition is for losers"
20:10 OpenAI's circular financing scheme
22:32 OpenAI owes $1.4 trillion
23:24 OpenAI is losing money
24:42 Silicon Valley's business model: monopoly
26:15 China's AI advantage: electricity
27:08 The "electron gap"
28:24 Electricity generation: China vs USA
29:30 AI data centers drive up electricity bills
29:52 Electricity price in USA
30:36 Electricity prices: China vs USA
31:49 BlackRock buys up US power grid
33:02 Trump closes solar power projects
33:48 Trump cancels wind power projects
34:39 US fossil fuel corporations
35:12 Summary
36:34 Outro
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USA is isolated on world stage: Trump failed to pressure countries to support blockade of Cuba
The US government is politically isolated on the world stage. This can be seen in the UN General Assembly votes demanding an end to the USA's embargo of Cuba. Almost all of the world opposes the illegal economic blockade. Ben Norton explains how the CIA has waged a terrorist war on Cuba, Venezuela, and other parts of Latin America for decades.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKF-jrrv5yA
Sources and links here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/11/03/embargo-blockade-cuba-un-vote/
Check out our related video on Trump's neocolonial attacks on Latin America: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/10/27/donroe-doctrine-trump-neocolonial-plan-latin-america/
Topics
0:00 US government is very unpopular
1:21 World votes against USA at UN
2:06 USA has just 6 key allies
2:46 Viktor Orbán's Hungary
3:30 Javier Milei's Argentina
4:14 Trump's global pressure campaign
5:40 Past UNGA votes on Cuba embargo
6:45 Trump-Rubio campaign failed
8:27 Russia and Ukraine factor
9:54 Trump's international allies
11:16 Marco Rubio, coup-plotting war hawk
13:30 US economic war on Cuba
14:05 Stated goals of US blockade
16:30 Secondary sanctions
17:38 Trump & Rubio threaten Cuba
18:04 USA's fake "terror" list
20:41 Fidel Castro: 638 assassination attempts
21:27 Operation Northwoods: CIA terror war
23:04 US terror war on Venezuela
25:24 US military forced to sign NDAs
26:11 Donroe Doctrine: Trump's neocolonialism
26:48 Outro
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Trump is losing the trade war with China - which he started
Donald Trump is losing the trade war on China, which he started. The agreement he made at the meeting with President Xi Jinping shows how the US is much more dependent on the Chinese economy than vice versa. Political economist Ben Norton explains how Trump's tariffs have hurt American workers, especially farmers, while China advances as a new technological and manufacturing superpower.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWrdxBODSUE
Topics
0:00 Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping
1:07 China successfully defends itself
2:58 China is a new "economic superpower"
4:04 This is a one-year "tactical detente"
4:47 Details of Trump-Xi agreement
6:20 Trump undoes "self-inflicted" damage
7:02 Scott Bessent claimed China had "losing hand"
7:40 China is less dependent on US economy
8:24 Analyzing US-China trade
9:59 USA is dependent on Chinese tech
11:06 China is a manufacturing superpower
12:08 China's domestic revenue vs exports
13:43 Bipartisan US trade war
14:30 One-year trade truce
15:40 US midterm elections coming up in 2026
16:12 Poll: Republicans (and Dems) are unpopular
16:48 Trump's low approval rating of 39%
17:27 US consumers pay for Trump's tariffs
18:54 Inflation and US economic problems
20:58 US manufacturing jobs decline
22:32 Soybean war: Trump's tariffs hurt farmers
24:38 China buys soybeans from Latin America
25:25 Trump's bailout of farmers
27:24 China's rare earth dominance
28:58 US industry needs China's rare earths
30:40 Chip war: US semiconductor restrictions
31:54 China develops domestic chip industry
33:40 China's new 5-year plan pushes tech
34:31 Made in China 2025 industrial policy
35:45 China leads in critical technologies
37:22 China's "technological self-reliance"
38:25 USA is losing trade war
39:25 Outro
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Why Trump can't end the war in Ukraine
Donald Trump imposed sanctions on Russia's top oil companies, but the US still can't stop the war in Ukraine. NATO's goals cannot be met, as the world is increasingly multipolar and Western power is declining. Geopolitical economist Radhika Desai analyzes the conflict with journalist Anatol Lieven and China-based economic geographer Mick Dunford.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=359p5RC2JE8
This is part of the program Geopolitical Economy Hour. You can watch other episodes of the show here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP
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The Donroe Doctrine: This is Trump's neocolonial plan for Latin America
The Donald Trump administration seeks to forcibly impose the US empire's hegemony in Latin America, waging war on Venezuela, imposing sanctions on Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, hitting Brazil with tariffs, and meddling in Argentina's election. Ben Norton explains how Trump and Marco Rubio are trying to cut off all western hemisphere ties with China and Russia, bringing back the colonial Monroe Doctrine, now known as the Donroe Doctrine.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcWH-LPyTow
Topics
0:00 Trump's war on Latin America
1:04 (CLIP) Trump meddles in Argentina's election
1:23 US imperial strategy in Latin America
2:02 (CLIP) Trump wants Venezuela's oil
2:14 Natural resources
2:41 Ties with China and Russia
3:02 Oligarchic counter-revolution
4:11 US war on Venezuela
7:50 Marco Rubio: coup-plotting war hawk
9:23 Fox News calls to colonize Venezuela
10:01 (CLIP) Fox News: Venezuela 51st US state
10:29 The "drug trafficking" excuse
11:10 Colombia's President Gustavo Petro
13:29 US-backed Colombian drug traffickers
14:24 US-backed drug lord Álvaro Uribe
17:05 The "war on drugs" is based on lies
18:10 Colombia moves closer to China
19:12 China: South America's top trading partner
20:41 USA meddles in Colombia's election
21:42 Monroe Doctrine to Donroe Doctrine
26:15 (CLIP) John Bolton boasts of coup attempt
27:05 Neocolonialism
28:26 US interventions in Latin America
30:32 USA colonized half of Mexico
31:11 Colonial "Banana Wars"
31:41 Goals of US war on Venezuela
32:33 William McKinley, imperialist
34:01 (CLIP) Trump vows to expand US empire
35:02 Trump takes mask off US empire
36:30 Outro
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