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5 min read“The mines are gone. We put it out yesterday, all the mines.” That is what Donald Trump claimed on a right-wing podcast. Within hours, U.S. allies publicly contradicted him. Bloomberg reported that top allies said the U.S. Navy had not cleared mines in the Strait of Hormuz and that Trump was lying. This blunt public contradiction is unprecedented, and it is only one piece of a much larger pattern. In the span of a few days, a cascade of developments has revealed the United States under Trump at its weakest point since World War II, with allies openly distancing themselves, adversaries coordinating, and the global order shifting in real time.
Allies Break Ranks and Rethink Dependence on the U.S.
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- 1 (00:00) **Allies Contradict Trump on Strait of Hormuz** - World leaders publicly blast Trump as Bloomberg reports U.S. allies say the Strait of Hormuz remains mined, directly refuting Trump's claim that he had demined it.
- 2 (01:19) **Europe and Australia Reduce Reliance on U.S.** - Germany explores nuclear cooperation with Britain and France, while Australia deems U.S. missiles a strategic vulnerability.
- 3 (02:29) **Washington Post: U.S. Weapon Shortage Alarms Allies Confronting China** - The newspaper reports that dwindling stockpiles from the Iran war are emboldening China, North Korea, and Russia.
- 4 (03:06) **CIA Director's Moscow Visit Fails to Deter Russia** - John Ratcliffe visited Moscow to warn Putin against attacking NATO, but Russia immediately launched a massive hack against Norway and escalated missile strikes on Ukraine.
- 5 (05:37) **U.S. Security Umbrella in Asia Collapses** - The host declares the U.S. military umbrella in Southeast Asia and Asia is over, citing the departure of the last U.S. aircraft carrier in the Pacific.
- 6 (07:43) **Trump's Iran War Crushes Ally Qatar** - Qatar's LNG exports collapsed 96%, erasing $24 billion in gas revenue as a result of Trump and Netanyahu's catastrophic war against Iran.
- 7 (08:16) **[Ad Break]**
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Show Notes
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on world leaders finally standing up to Donald Trump and calling him out and forming new alliances in the most public and fearless way yet.
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