https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/4c8f7174-3c1d-4a27-82f7-e1b3d1e9ff66 BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, is buying the ports on both sides of the Panama Canal, after Donald Trump threatened the Latin American country and forced it to pressure a Hong Kong company to sell its stake. Ben Norton discusses how the US government is trying to weaken China -- and strengthen Wall Street oligarchs. Check out our related video on Trump's attempt to divide Russia and China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRJIymzuRGU Topics 0:00 Goals of US foreign policy 1:08 BlackRock buys Panama Canal ports 2:08 (CLIP) Trump threatens Panama 2:32 BlackRock 3:26 US empire fears China 4:03 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on China "threat" 4:46 CIA targets China 5:42 (CLIP) CIA director on China 6:34 CIA threats 6:50 Trump attacks China 7:06 (CLIP) Trump on Panama Canal 7:17 BlackRock takeover 7:43 Monroe Doctrine 8:40 Greenland 9:27 Marco Rubio 11:09 (CLIP) Rubio on US "backyard" 11:46 (CLIP) Rubio on "dangerous" China 12:24 (CLIP) Rubio on Taiwan 12:56 New cold war 13:39 Panama Canal geopolitics 14:59 BlackRock buys ports around world 15:54 Biden's infrastructure scheme 16:09 Belt and Road Initiative 16:33 Partnership for Global Infrastructure 17:53 BlackRock, Microsoft, and AI 18:06 Stargate Project with OpenAI 18:26 USA is an oligarchy 19:39 G7 summit starred BlackRock 20:16 (CLIP) CEO Larry Fink at G7 summit 21:11 BlackRock backs both US parties 22:15 Asset managers invest $128 trillion 23:06 Blackstone: Largest US landlord 24:33 USA: best "democracy" money can buy 25:13 Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman 26:45 Elon Musk: biggest US donor 27:51 Trump's trickle-down economics 31:37 Class war 33:24 Trump's Russia strategy 33:51 Outro || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at https://GeopoliticalEconomy.com/Support Patreon: https://Patreon.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Podcast: https://Soundcloud.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Newsletter: https://GeopoliticalEconomy.Substack.com Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:38:20 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/4c8f7174-3c1d-4a27-82f7-e1b3d1e9ff66 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.