Flashpoint Analysis: Which Frozen Conflicts Pose the Greatest Risk Under Trump 2.0?

[@Robin-l1o9k]

5:08 factual wrong. Moldova is NOT a NATO member

[@joemiller6465]

That's a VERY important distinction.... Big miss by Warfronts

[@nicolaecojocaru4765]

Was about to say thanks warpgraphics for taking us into nato❤ - sincerely, a Moldovan

[@N7-WAR-HOUND]

Romania is Moldova is a breakaway transitira is a breakaway of a breakaway, I can see how someone off the street is like whaaa but the writers gaffed big time

[@keso_de_bola1750]

The writer probably confused Moldova with Montenegro, an actual NATO member.

[@N7-WAR-HOUND]

@@keso_de_bola1750 probably. I mean hey mistakes happen and I’m sure they’ll be a correction. It’s not like we’re talking about MSNBC were it’s intentional misleading and if enough backlash comes they’ll quietly correct it

[@Zepplin76]

28:04 is Atlanta, GA footage not the country of Georgia.

[@bradleyroady599]

As a GA resident myself I recognized it too

[@missivyplatinum]

LOL OH NO

[@mitchellvangrieken3900]

Does Georgia in the US get that cold?

[@mitchellvangrieken3900]

Nevermind just looked it up. Had the impression that it was mostly swamp land 🤷‍♂️

[@arthurwintersight7868]

@@mitchellvangrieken3900 - After European settlement, the United States drained about 103 million acres of wetland for agriculture. For comparison, that's 40% more land than the entire country of France. Imagine a swamp that's 40% larger than France. The United States has also only cleared about half of its total wetland (since settlement), and the original scale of that swampland was larger than the State of Texas.

[@aronpotts7647]

Moldova is not a member of nato, I’m surprised you would get that wrong

[@xchazz86]

dont be he makes alot of mistakes all the time, the fancy acsent dosnt give him more credibility

[@stancil83]

@@xchazz86 Those aren't mistakes. He's just correcting things that are wrong, because that accent gives him all the credibility he needs.

[@tallahassZ]

you're surprised?! That is becasue you're not informed. Simon is a mouth piece for the warmongers.

[@stancil83]

@@tallahassZ Every single nation on this planet has been at war, mongers in all. Your no different unless you're visiting from space. Heck, that's even why you speak now, you must realize this.

[@RBsRealm]

They're a member of the NACC, The North Atlantic Cooperation Council. So they're NATO adjacent.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:40 - Chapter 1 - Frozen conflict (Critical context) 5:25 - Chapter 2 - The korean peninsula 9:55 - Chapter 3 - China & taiwan 15:15 - Chapter 4 - Turkey & its orbit 20:50 - Chapter 5 - The balkans 25:15 - Chapter 6 - Georgia 29:20 - Chapter 7 - Continental europe

[@johannvimal2353]

Thanks man

[@mrmayo5905]

You are a treasure, sir

[@BishopStars]

You make it look so easy. Must be really difficult, or the channel would do it, too.

[@halldorherm]

5:08 Moldova isn't a NATO member

[@stancil83]

They were just too inappropriate for some of the countries in NATO. They asked for credentials, And they sent them a picture of Moldova wiping its ass with Transnistria. Incredibly funny people regardless of their oppression.

[@camrose842]

Love watching the daily vids on my lunch break warographics team ❤

[@Lee_NE_87]

That’s what I do most of the time as well!!!

[@jcdisci]

When you've followed global politics for as many decades as I have you understand what's happening now between the Koreas is "Same script; different actors."

[@lulzywizard7576]

Things change. It's not the same as it has been. It's a dangerous habit to get complacent.

[@ryanward10]

​@@lulzywizard7576 Those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them. Do not imagine you can escape history. Our generation is no better than most of those who came before.

[@benrockefeller6334]

@@ryanward10 As Karl Marx put it "History repeats itself. First as a tragedy, then as a farce." There is no escape. Rome grew arrogant, and the Germanic tribes trampled them. First at Teutoburg Forest, then the British Isles, and then Rome itself. Byzantium repeated the mistakes. First through palace intrigue that halted Belisarius, then defeat at Manzikert, and finally the walls of Constantinople. Korea repeated itself in Vietnam already, so it's easy to see how another Ukraine could be imminent.

[@jordanclark4635]

Is what people said in 2022. I broadly agree, not worth risking though.

[@randomtagr.t591]

Ok, grandpa. Lets get you to bed

[@dyslexic9650]

As a us citizen, I’d like you guys to be on the same level of commitment in our alliances. I have family ancestry in Europe as well as real family. If something were to happen it’s a very real possibility I could find myself on an European front.

[@KawaiiKasai]

At what point do we stop dying for the "Motherland"? The United States stopped being a European colony a long time ago. European problems require European solutions.

[@number2and3]

@@KawaiiKasai Britain and France take no responsibility for all the geopolitical disasters they've caused from the aftermaths of WW1 and WW2, and we are still expected to deal with it since there are no more empires, I guess.

[@LacRagem]

@@number2and3 they also don't discuss how letting the US cover them militarily for 80 years has made them rich. NATO owes the US a ton and this idea that we are failing them is insane

[@jontaedouglas7244]

We’re not dying in Europe because you guys wanna avenge your ancestors

[@bbgamegodpnw]

Not only that post ww2 we practically rebuilt europe, forgave dents and lend leases, and stimulated trade. ​@@LacRagem

[@novanastalga]

I must say Simon, you SEVERELY underestimate my governments terror at losing TSMC. No way in hell they ever let Trump pull back support from Taiwan. We the need the microchips too badly to actually meaningfully isolate the Taiwanese.

[@vojtapergl858]

Well it depends on how truly powerful Trump will be, I dont know if he can one day just decide to change foreign policy, but if he can I wouldnt be so sure.

[@roelofschuldink4177]

What about the chips act.

[@balintbosnyak5114]

Then why would trump say "we will make Taiwan pay for weapons"?

[@resileaf9501]

@@roelofschuldink4177 Trump wants to get rid of it.

[@unyieldingsarcasm2505]

@@vojtapergl858 if he actually tried, im sure the money and military interests in the usa will jfk him well before they ever take effect. The usa has its real owners, and it sure as hell isnt the president.

[@Royce16727]

I agree. It most cases, it's way better to be prepared at a minimum for a potential catastrophe, rather than be surprised by it later. Thank you for keeping us informed, Simon and team!

[@That1kid304]

Just here waiting for the Florida man Fridays upload on brainblaze.....

[@SonnyGoodwin]

28:05 wrong Georgia in video. (Metro Atlanta)

[@zill0678]

good catch

[@stancil83]

Is it also 6 : 08 there and 61°F. Why would that info be there. Hmmmmm. What's Russian for Hmmmmm?

[@PlumSack-f7p]

Simons flashpoint is when Keeps offers to sponsor his videos

[@garrickanderson5204]

Can we address that China's "worlds largest navy" is because they count every raft and rowboat as part of their navy, and by tonnage, they are absolutely dwarfed by the US Navy?

[@Quesadillius]

He said largest but not most powerful

[@garrickanderson5204]

@Quesadillius again, depending on which definition of large you go off of, the Chonese Navy is not the largest. US has a larger tonnage. Its also easy to say "we have more ships in our navy" when you count every life boat as part of your navy.

[@alphagamer9505]

He Said largest by quantity ,not tonnage

[@garrickanderson5204]

​@@alphagamer9505once does he say "by quantity." By every metric other than "amount of floating things claimed by the Navy", China is not the largest. They only are the largest by quantity because every civilian vessel registered under a Chinese national is considered part of their navy because they plan on commandeering them all to be troop transport, and they count every speedboat as a Naval vessel. That doesn't mean they have the most amount of military operations capable vessels. If the US Navy did the same thing, China would again be dwarfed.

[@robertp457]

Knowing the country wouldn't take part in a new war during Trump's reign would empower terrible people to do whatever they wanted to do.

[@shawnsweet5557]

At this point who cares as long as it doesn't affect the United States' national security and sovereignty 🤷🏻‍♂️, we need to go back to the Monroe doctrine!!

[@apexcrypto01]

^except it will effect the US

[@Phearsum]

@@shawnsweet5557 Any large enough conflict would affect us in an inflationary way. Food scarcity and a medical crisis would also set in depending where the conflict flared up. The U.S. imports A LOT more food and medicine than people wanna talk about. Insulin is basically the only medicine we wouldn't run out of within a few weeks. Over 90% of our medicine comes from China / India.

[@unyieldingsarcasm2505]

@@shawnsweet5557 The usas power and prosperity is entirely based on being able to keep Pax Americana intact. Isolationists seem to forget that blatantly obvious fact, and think abandoning the world will somehow not result in America being abandoned in turn. Have fun being poor, insecure, and alone.

[@OK-yy6qz]

Yet the Majority of modern conflicts were started under Biden and Obama who didn't have this kind of policy.

[@EamonCoyle]

The Turkey area could be one to watch because its on the international scene where Erdogan has had the majority of his successes and it helps take the focus domestically from their ongoing economic problems !!

[@destroytheboxes]

It's also not the US. Sooooo. Who cares.

[@mikhacoffman4522]

His majority of success happen on the mike where he yaps about random shit while his country acts differently. He’s a stooge and a talker.

[@bobbobson5495]

The Frozen Conflict everyone forgets about. WW2 between Russia and Japan. They're still haven't signed a peace treaty

[@kookoo275]

japan doesn't even have a military tho lol

[@alphagamer9505]

​@@kookoo275yeah it does and its One of The best

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

​@@alphagamer9505 Don't know about one of the best (Japan's peaceful policy and low funding for the military until relatively recently is the cause for my doubt there), but definitely a military.

[@alphagamer9505]

@@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem they have One of The Best navys in the World Their constituiton doesnt forbid them to have Strong military,just to start Wars of agression,its why its Called Self Defense Forces

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

@@alphagamer9505 I get that (I simply don't know much about their navy other than that it's probably their most important), but they have largely leaned away from armed conflict in general, and the money is the real problem. It will take time for increased spending to have results, but it is happening from what I've heard.

[@christinebrown3359]

Thank you for this video all of your videos on this channel are so amazing and provocative and wonderful

[@burper-oe6tm]

Looking huge Simon

[@Dan19870]

Moldova isn't a part of NATO as Neutrality is enshrined in her constitution. Their sole alliance is a defence pact with Romania.

[@Pr3d1ct0r]

btw what you are referring to as the balkan wars is the yugoslavia wars. the balkan wars were back in 1912-1913, would be nice to see a video on the matter ;)

[@alphagamer9505]

Also known as The Fourth Balkan War

[@Flufficatfish]

I knew of Taiwan and North Korea... But the rest I had no idea about. Thank you for having these videos keeping us informed.

[@charleswomack2166]

Ever since the death of Tito, Yugoslavia appears to have dissipated into irrelevance. I recall traveling to East Germany in the year 1984 and a 2nd trip much deeper into the DDR in the year 2018. In the trip back in 84, it appeared that the Stasi were following us around the entire time. This was only within Berlin (the first trip). The second trip in 2018 we went to Dresden. The Stasi paid us no mind this most recent trip.

[@BradleyMountford]

One thing is absolutely certain; we live in supremely interesting times.

[@MT-rh3bq]

Not defending him but its really telling how badly all of nato relies on the US when trump said he'd consider pulling aid to those not meeting the quota.

[@KT-pv3kl]

i find it amazing how well trumps primitive strategy described in his book "the art of the deal" works even on a global political scale. trump makes ONE outrageous demand/ offer and they all get their panties in a twist panicking leaving them completely open to his next more reasonable offer.

[@goofixful]

The problem is that all of the nations next to Russia invest more than nato requires, so is he going to somehow allow russia to attack belgium?

[@KT-pv3kl]

@@goofixful he doesnt have to given how much the Belgian economy depends on America a single tariff or tax on American companies investing in Belgium is more than enough pressure to make the Belgian government reevaluate their contributions.

[@Bertinator-nm9ld]

Problem is, I think Trump might still pull support from NATO countries that DO meet the quota, if push came to shove. All of the countries that are most vulnerable to Russian attack are spending well above 2% of their GDP, as per the recommendation. The countries that are still slacking are not the countries in which these conflicts would begin.

[@shinkicker404]

@@Bertinator-nm9ldI don’t think he would, I don’t think he’d even defund support for those not meeting it unless it really came down to the wire. Too much money invested and deals running that even the USA relies on to upset the cart too much. So he acts the bully, might make gestures to the money faucet, may even tap it a few times for some countries, but ultimately the funding keeps coming.

[@zkittlezthabanditt604]

That clap at the start 😂

[@criminalfailures2977]

It’s not easy to prevent wars if the politicians actually did what the people wanted, or what was in their best interests

[@slappatuski3903]

05:04 "nato memeber moldova"? what? since when?

[@hawaiiansoldier13]

As someone who served in the US military for 15 years our protection to other countries should not be free. Our benevolence has been taken for granted and taken advantage of. Not a Trump fan here but he's right. The freebies need to end.

[@alphagamer9505]

You realize nobody force the US do that right,its how the US remained a Superpower By shitting on all of its alliances,the US Will end up Alone and degrated to a great Power , specially if China has its way and the Yuan Becomes just has valuable as the dollar

[@kevinweltje4604]

This is the one time that i actually disagree with your video. Specifically the topic of Taiwan. There is no threat to taiwan from the trump administration infact its probably the opposite with the trump administration having a stronger stance against china than most other administrations it makes no sense for them to give up ground by abandoning Taiwan. I mean, just listen to many of his cabinet members that he's been picking. They all genuinely believe that china is the biggest threat in the entire world. Sure, trump likes other nations to pay their dues, but thats mostly a threat to the eu and probably ukraine.

[@davidhanley6135]

It's less about pulling out as stepping him. He is certainly isolationist. If china invade will he step or up or shrug his shoulders and say not our problem America first. That's the thing.

[@mrmayo5905]

I think more of the issue is Trump’s unpredictability. Even if there’s no way he’d abandon Taiwan, if the Chinese government believes he will or tries to call a bluff, the chances of a conflict increase

[@MeanBeanComedy]

​@@mrmayo5905 There's no way China will assume he's bluffing.

[@Raptorx911]

I get it, y'all are afraid of Trump. Big problem with your analysis: many of these assumptions, including the 'transactional diplomacy' worries, were made in 2016. I think Trump will want a fair share of any alliance, but the idea of a Taiwan pullout is laughable given his opinion and plans for China.

[@kevinweltje4604]

Right?? Like even discussing the possibility of trump pulling away from Taiwan is absurd

[@patrickbueno3279]

​@@kevinweltje4604pulling away is absurd to a degree, but he won't just use the whole weight of US for Taiwan without a good transactional deal from them.

[@alexgilliam5144]

To be fair there is also a straight up anti China element to him so anything that opposes China has at least some positive transaction for him even before deals or money is traded

[@zill0678]

@@patrickbueno3279 Except he would but not for Taiwan's sake. you couldn't as for a better base in the world to counter china than Taiwan. Taiwan's value in that respect is paramount and its willingness to work hand in glove with the US on overall strategy further enhances this even if it is for its own benefit. Taiwan is a beneficiary of US policy and planning to put its weight against china not for Taiwan. a similar way to look at it is voters in 2016 voted against Hillary Clinton and not for Donald Trump, Trump still benefited from the same outcome but the reasoning was different. an none of this even mentions the elephant in the room that is TSMC that is the worlds foundry for high end chip manufacture that most every device in the world uses including military's high end weapons.

[@patrickbueno3279]

@zill0678 Trump have declare in the past that he wants a US base chip manufacturing back again, so who knows only events will tell what he plans on doing

[@dunk7073]

well one things for sure... get ready for them grabby handshakes lol.

[@KT-pv3kl]

still better than child smelling.

[@chasewaldschmidt494]

I'm glad we're pulling back from everywhere. All I've ever heard growing up was other countries talking down on the US and saying we're too involved in everyone else's business. We'll good, now we won't be and you're all on your own, see how you do without us

[@lorneclose7312]

Oh no we will all be screwed without the world police. Seriously pull the pole outta your ass you live in a country that is mostly clueless about the neighbouring tows to you let alone the rest of the world. A country now Run by the biggest self congratulating autocratic bigot and morally bankrupt douchebag since Adolph Hitler.

[@basbekjenl]

Well I wish you luck in your isolationist diplomatic stance. The world will look a lot scarier when you have no friends but at least you'll be independent right, even if you were independent before and benefitting for decades building the status quo that will now be changed, many other powers will want to take over the position America held for nearly a century.

[@PxThucydides]

The US gains enormous financial benefits from owning the world. The US Empire is not an altruistic enterprise. Everyone uses the US dollar; everyone does business in English. How many countries do you think a Russian can walk into with his briefcase and expect everyone to speak Russian? Or Chinese trying to sell something, and find locals who speak perfect Mandarin? It is an enviable position and it would be quite a loss if the US decides to throw it away.

[@razorburn645]

Spoken for someone that forgot how the 30s and 40s went. You're the worst kind of clueless.

[@lance7721]

My favorite channel with another video!!

[@Aj8064]

I dont conusume normal media anymore to keep up with the worlds conflicts. Warfronts has got me just fine.

[@alycyamiller5924]

Well done

[@testerjs]

4:32 I don't think North Korea can muster more than 2 air strikes...

[@sookendestroy1]

What ive been hearing a lot is people calling for a war with Iran (this will also probably not be called a war as everyone is campaigning on stopping wars, so it will be a 'peacekeeping' action just like Russia established as the norm.

[@mikeoleksa]

I'd like to see the one that was done if Kamala Harris won the Presidency, too. You and your team put the work into it. Why not publish it? Maybe with a disclaimer, or something saying that it's a "what if" video so people dont get confused. Maybe, "Flashpoint Analysis: What if Kamala Harris became The President of The United States". Come on, Simon! YOU KNOW YOU WANT THAT SWEET, SWEET WATCH TIME!!!

[@Kilroy-h5u]

Concentrate... I know it's hard for maga. Trump is the president. He's incompetent. We are in big trouble. America is about to get what it deserves.

[@bigswordspikedhair]

25:27 Why is Armenia labeled "Aremania"?

[@adamswanson6586]

When did Simon get yoked??

[@durango.j-onez]

In the last video - if Europe can pull up their socks - america can focus on Asia more

[@stevebuscemi4185]

The clap sound effect in the beginning lmao

[@AnightinAustinTX]

All of them.

[@frankburnsjr]

28:02 that's a different Georgia

[@tacitus6384]

I care deeply about Europe, because it's my ancestral homeland. I just wish the Europeans cared about it that much.

[@JohnGeorgeBauerBuis]

I feel the same way.

[@Uploaded1995]

As a European living in Europe and studying international politics, I can tell you that plenty Europeans do care and many are worried about the shifting geopolitical landscape globally. If anything I think most Europeans wish that Americans cared about the fact that the US foreign policy can have enormous, long-lasting effects on the rest of the world, but especially on its allies in Europe. There's a reason there are some - especially French - Europeans that advocate for disentangling from the close relationship with the US and making the EU countries more self-reliant and (if necessary) more willing to offer strict counter-policy to the US. Because they're worried the US is becoming an increasingly unreliable ally, especially under Trump. See the scenario of the US imposing tariffs on goods from the EU and then the EU countering with tariffs of their own against the US, which is just a relatively mild example.

[@Dom59410]

Let's see what's happens in the German election next February

[@Tobiason24]

​@@Uploaded1995 the EU has gotten rich at the price of the american taxpayer. They never had to bare brunt of the cost associated with R&D in the military and defense sector. They just get to buy the end product. Poland and maybe Estonia have started heavily investing in their own defense. The US should have never been in the position to have to be the policeman of the world. And the second we say we arent going to fubd every major war going on the world you have people saying "Well dont you wanna protect democracy?". Its easy to be so naive and puritanical when its not your money or your kids going to fight the war.

[@bobbymudd3142]

@@Uploaded1995 You state the US as an unreliable partner, however I see the European countries as the unreliable partners. The spirit of NATO was one of collective defense. Currently there are very few nations in Europe that could sustain a war effort on foreign soil. If US partners cannot keep their end of the bargain why should the US continue to keep its end of the bargain?

[@Shoutinthewind]

“America has no choice but to intervene” That’s where you are wrong there is always a choice, each choice has costs but the choice is there.

[@randomwarehouse4702]

The worst restarting conflict is the one fought between Trump's doctors and 12 Diet Cokes per day

[@MeanBeanComedy]

Ronny Jackson said he's fine!

[@lazarkosovac3006]

When did Japan and South Korea settle the comfort women issue? Did the 2015 agreement not fall apart, or is he referencing something else?

[@whileimhere]

0:01 the sound guy added a clap effect.

[@arabbear]

I enjoy the videos, but it's difficult to listen without setting the volume to really high. Could you set the microphone a bit further from him, please? 😂

[@yeedbottomtext7563]

Your channel is one of the only truly unbiased geopolitics channels I’ve found

[@AA80453]

lol sure dude

[@scootersinc9480]

Unbiased😂😂 that’s a good joke. It’s a good channel but unbiased it is not

[@samikun9328]

why is it that we all see the guy saying things we agree with as "unbiased"

[@igotthis33]

Not unbiased at all wake up dummy

[@strikergamer2979]

A good channel but not an unbiased one

[@MeanBeanComedy]

Looking yoked, hoss! 😎👍🏻

[@karlarcher8773]

In relation to Korea, if media reports are true that North Korean troops are incompetent when being met by Ukraine forces, there leadership will be very nervous about going head to head with a professional South Korea.

[@MeanBeanComedy]

Do you really believe the media?

[@ErinMagner82]

There's a push to make reforms in Russia to make the country more democratic and perhaps that's really the ultimate objective of defending Ukraine's territorial integrity. That's ultimately what fueled the initial conflict.

[@gregwinakur4418]

The Kurds need their own country.

[@lordMartiya]

There's many versions on who first said it... But they said Capitalism would sell the rope to hang it. And if Trump ends up selling his neutrality over Taiwan and Xi plays diplomacy right, that's exactly what will happen thanks to Taiwan's role in the semiconductor industry.

[@ralofofriverwood4806]

Pretty doubtful considering how much EVERYONE relies on them... At least until somebody else figured out how to do it better...

[@lordMartiya]

@ralofofriverwood4806 Doubtful... But with Trump it just became possible.

[@beewisebeestronger6224]

Taiwan has the bomb and it's submarine delivered 😅 china could pounce but about 1/4 of the urban areas of land would be gone 😂 a worth while trade off

[@PatrickThomasBrady]

This is never gona happen, doesn’t matter what china offers, the best any of these countries can do is get on better terms with the US, we aren’t letting countries just do whatever they want because they offer something, people are clueless if they can’t see why trump talks about these dictators and authoritarians the way he does, there is no benefit in provoking, insulting, embarrassing, humiliating, offending, or say anything negative when speaking about these countries and leaders to the media, behind closed doors and in negotiations is different, you can let them save a little face to their people and the world

[@lordMartiya]

@@PatrickThomasBrady Except Trump has already pulled similar stunts on smaller scale.

[@Kaneomanie]

Georgia on the north western border of Turkey? Bulgaria would like a word...

[@jboss119]

Hahaha... geez guys... it's all on trump huh. No one anywhere has agency over themselves. Fix your own damn problems. What is this hysterical trump propaganda lately. Calm down guys.

[@weybye91]

Why don't you guys fix your gun problems, health care problems, and education problems ?

[@jboss119]

@weybye91 yes exactly.... the funny part is your position is in contrast we should ignore those things and instead constantly protect Europe and other places from historic never ending and uresolved conflicts .

[@weybye91]

@@jboss119 you have ignored those things for years. But you amaricans rather spend trillions on your military, and brainwash your own citizens

[@addicted2monster88]

​@weybye91 Well we could start if we weren't paying for everyone else's problems?

[@weybye91]

@addicted2monster88 you could stop spending trillions on your military, and care more about own citizens, but you won't, cause caring about your own people you must be a communist right?

[@weirdshibainu]

I like frozen yogurt better than frozen conflicts.

[@multiyapples]

Things aren’t looking good for these places.

[@aaronnichols8159]

And the TDS continues.....

[@Monkman91]

I think Trump’s win broke Simon…

[@MrTexasDan]

Some scream and cry on TikTok. Simon dumps a few dozen more anti-Trump videos. They all cope somehow.

[@General_Rubenski]

There’s more to talk about with a Trump win. Would be status quo if Harris won. Plus, doesn’t help that Trump is so easy to criticize.

[@ytty5183]

​@@General_RubenskiThe "Status Quo" is Death with Kommiela.

[@MeanBeanComedy]

It broke many of the "Very smart people."

[@AaronKelley1969]

You are missing something important stated by Trump during the election series. He committed to Taiwanese freedom and ensuring China didn't get it's grubby paws on their high quality chip making technology.

[@Talisguy]

He's also talked about Taiwan compensating America for its protection as a condition of continuing to get it, so he's effectively said that he's completely committed to the defence of Taiwan while also only willing to defend it if it pays. It's not unreasonable to be concerned that he'll pick the second option out of these two contradictory statements, because he can't mean both.

[@Im-Kaspa]

Hes america first not america only. Plus hes not stupid losing those chips would be disastrous

[@vojtapergl858]

Trump wont care to intervene, he will say something like; they didnt pay enough, they deserve it, it is their fault, they provoked the conflict etc.

[@vojtapergl858]

Also like what means paying for protection? I understand paying for US weapons,but not some mafia style protection which is what Trumps wants, probably wants to get paid straight to his pocket

[@Jameson1776]

@@Im-Kaspaare you sure?

[@jimservu]

22:09 Woah Woah Woah. Claiming the Banjska attack was Serbia proper is an ENORMOUS leap, not to mention the attack WASNT against nato troops: it was against the Kosovo Police. NATO troops were injured in riots that were tangentially related to the Banjska attack. I cannot fathom how this was allowed to be stated the way it was.

[@dijondermaku]

Serbian Propaganda?

[@LockNutz]

Odd that I don't remember these videos when joe biden was sworn in.

[@isengarde9490]

As a history buff with an autistic focus on the World Wars, I have been waiting for this for nearly ten years now. Because *everytime* we get around to actually fixing the many problems in our country, we get dragged into another conflict overseas, and kick the can of progress another ten years down the road.

[@drmeme42]

you don't "get dragged", you choose to invade.

[@isengarde9490]

@@drmeme42 I said the World Wars, robit. Unless you mean to tell me that the chaos of the First World War would not have eventually spread to the Americas. Or that letting Hitler do as he pleased with Europe was a moral idea.

[@davidgoulding1386]

It almost seems like europe needs to get its shyt together and start double or tripling their military budgets and be able to stand on their own without the US. The US would never leave them high and dry if they start pulling their weight.... i mean look at poland, learned from history and isnt going to get step on easily ever again

[@baneofbanes]

You do realize we’ve stabbed Poland in the back before right? They’re also on of the nations that was angered the most by Trumps rhetoric about abandoning allies to Russia. They’re also one of the largest supporters of Ukraine, who Trump wants to abandon.

[@Zero8654]

5:07 Pretty sure Moldova isn't a part of NATO.

[@BernGrylls]

31:55 why to push the man and deny the woman?

[@tomdefig6514]

Simon has earned my trust like Walter Cronkite earned the first video generation's trust did.

[@barrydysert2974]

Wars and rumors of wars...🙏

[@FakirAbotani]

Love watching your videos, you cover topics very comprehensively. My only request is please speak slower😂. Not being a native English speaker, it's hard for some of us to catch your accent and your speed in pronouncing some words makes me mentally tired😂. I watch your videos in 0.9x speed, and I still struggle.

[@AmandaHunter777]

I listened to this three times while working on chores over the course of the last two weeks. Each of the general answers to the frozen conflicts seems to be American intervention. That’s concerning.

[@bigman23DOTS]

Kinda not even considering Ukraine could actually build and use nuclear weapons…..if everyone else involved in the Budapest agreement have abandoned it why not Ukraine?

[@jameslake7775]

1. That's not a frozen conflict. 2. They made a whole separate video on the potential for Ukrainian nukes; "Could Ukraine Really Get the Bomb?", uploaded Oct. 28.

[@TheIrishvolunteer]

Loving these videos!

[@sparks1792]

Wait I thought everyone wanted us to mind our business. What’s changed all of sudden?

[@backcountry164]

Our political parties have traded places. The left leaning msm is just a reflection of that. So, if you listen to said media, being the world's police was a bad thing before, but now it's a good thing.

[@bruno17289]

Taiwan and Ukraine didnt want that, everybody else they got what they wanted.

[@Bertinator-nm9ld]

I think people were only ever talking about the Middle East, when they said stuff like that

[@baneofbanes]

They meant America going and starting wars, not America abandoning its allies.

[@CruelandCold]

​ @baneofbanes The kurds in Iraq, the ANA in Afghanistan, Kuwait, and South Vietnam, were our allies. So which other wars have we started that weren't to benefit our allies? And if those wars to benefit our allies were immoral, why is American involvement in yet another European land war suddenly a moral imperative?

[@fitzglass8852]

Remember,Remember the 5th of November…!

[@jamesaspinall9248]

Surprised there was nothing on Balochistan. It's been a huge mess there lately.

[@marksolarz3756]

What about the "Cola Wars" huh?

[@gregwinakur4418]

What did I tell you Simon?

[@cowboyninja9002]

Next 4 years my country will change

[@procrastinator547]

“And then it got worse”

[@user-xp8wk1zt2p]

latest news is that elon has met with irans U.N ambassador

[@coltringcoltring7448]

We gonna have a second Korean war before GTA6

[@DalThalas]

Hungary gaining power is good for Serbia?? 😂😂😂 omg thats funny.

[@mattx229]

That's funny. The target date for reunification was 2030, i thought

[@BWEEOOP]

"Highly competent geopolitical actors" is doing a *LOT* of heavy lifting there, given the cabinet picks, so far

[@BTM666-t7r]

Do you need to talk to a therapist about your TDS?

[@personzorz]

​@@BTM666-t7r If you think they're competent in the slightest so far are you high?

[@katanabluejay]

the cabinet picks have been dope!

[@jontaedouglas7244]

@@katanabluejaythey’ve been embarrassing, just like his last cabinet. Not a Latino or African American in sight despite him scamming them for votes 😂

[@Janoip]

Also Trumps mixed Words on Israel, sometimes they should pay for us help, no us money to them. Than we will support Israel stronger as an Partner fighting against Terror+ And with that comes also Turkey again in that topic since Erdogans loud talk against Israel and Threats

[@stancil83]

I still find it so hilarious that there's just a few 'russian bots' that can actually comment. The only time they can actually use a 'botting program' is when it is something as simple as pushing a single button. 👍

[@Wilhelmofdeseret]

A lot of facts wrong in this video.

[@beniciodeltoro4956]

Give him money, and he will solve your problem.

[@quzunarqozi5171]

Can you please start adding timestamps in your videos?

[@jamesf3871]

You sound a bit under the weather, Simon. If that’s the case, I hope you get well soon!

[@joellelinden7079]

12:17 in that case i hope the chinese planes ships etc are the same crap as my ex chinese made smartphone. Putin doesn't need any to invade any country. He has his own twisted perception of things, and if not he builds one as he has already done so often

[@michaelhillii1764]

This guys bias against trump is comical…time to stop watching he used to be good.

[@Taligari]

I guess y’all forgot this was almost the exact same scenarios in play before the last Trump Administration. It was difficult then as it will be now. This just exemplifies how great his Foreign Policy was. Thank you for remembering.

[@Talisguy]

It very much wasn't as difficult then as it will be now. He put a Fox News host in charge of the army and has fallen out with the most competent people in his prior administration, and in his first term there was no realistic chance that NATO's mutual defence clause would be put to the test. As attested by multiple people in his first administration, Trump repeatedly had to be talked out of using or threatening nuclear force to deal with North Korea, China, or _hurricanes._ This does not form a reassuring picture. He's hiring people based on loyalty, he's got a far more tense geopolitical climate to deal with and he holds a grudge when people tell him "no."

[@baneofbanes]

Except his foreign policy wasn’t great at all.

[@CruelandCold]

​@@baneofbanesmost of the US would disagree with you on that.

[@baneofbanes]

@@CruelandCold doesn’t change the truth that his foreign policy was shit.

[@baneofbanes]

@ also on top of that most Americans don’t vote.

[@Omerta2times]

It means we're fucked

[@hiroshi138]

13:19 BIG L for your writer. There haven't been US troops "on the island" of Taiwan since the 70's.

[@ShinyaMerveilles66]

So…… it seems Abkhazia wanted to be first in line

[@QueenetBowie]

Moldova is not in NATO. It’s not allowed to be per the constitution.