Trump picks hawks & neocons to run US foreign policy: Meet his warmongering cabinet

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The USA's crazy plan to destroy the UN and international law

The Donald Trump administration is waging a war against all multilateral institutions and international law itself. He withdrew the US from most global organizations and created a "Board of Peace" as an alternative to the UN that is entirely controlled by the USA. Ben Norton expl ...  Show more

'Peace president' Trump has bombed 10 countries. Now he wants a $1.5 TRILLION military budget

So-called "peace president" Donald Trump has bombed 10 countries, more than any other US leader. He attacked 7 countries in 2025 alone. Now he wants to raise the USA's military budget to $1.5 trillion. Ben Norton explains how the self-declared "peacemaker" is waging war around th ...  Show more

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