Donald Trump boasted the US government acts "like pirates", seizing Iran's ships and oil. Meanwhile, Beijing ordered Chinese companies to ignore US sanctions and keep trading with Iran.
".....And we took over the ship; we took over the cargo, took over the oil. It’s a very profitable business..."
This statement by the orange one is not merely an admission of piracy.
The real story is that it's actually a lie.
How many dozens of billions of dollars gave they spent in attacking Iran? And on top of that how much losses have they incurred in damage to bases, radars, drones, aircraft and other assets?
Offset by a couple tankers of oil?
That's supposed to be..."a very profitable business"?
The nation cannot profit on those numbers. What's actually going on is a few mega corps benefit. That nation as a whole actually goes deeper in debt doing dumb £&it like this.
When such things are stated, and none of the media coverage points out this obvious lie, and the public itself does not immediately react or recognise the nature of the lie...we are deep into idocracry.
As to ' Western sanctions killed roughly 38 million people over 50 years.' This' 'A Crime Against Humanity' and should have the ultimate penalty enacted abound those found guilty of such crimes: Hung by their necks until dead! We can most certainly call this 'JUSTICE!'
TRUMP, BESSENT & CO. ARE HEADED TO CHINA NEXT WEEK…SO LET’S CONSIDER:
WHO ARE THE ECONOMIC SUPERPOWERS TODAY?
USA and EU leaders always give us the impression that the USA is dominant industrially and the US led G-7 group of the USA, plus 5 EU countries and Japan are on top economically. That is not the case, and the USA team seems not to be aware.
G-7 governments and western media purposely avoid mentioning the fast-growing BRICS+ alliance and lead us to think that China, Russia, India, Brazil, and South Africa and their five new members are all separate and failing industrially. There are some key indicators that portray the economic situation of a country or group of nations. These are - automobile manufacturing, technology, oil production, gold production, and trade balance.
Wikipedia figures show China in 2025 produced 34,530,738 vehicles and the USA produced only 10, 248,844. China’s BYD brand is the world leader in Electric Vehicles. Very few Westerners are aware of these numbers, which clearly show not only manufacturing capacity but the size of the immense potential market in China with its population of 1.4 billion is a Geopolitical Superpower.
(Incidentally, the recent onerous USA tariffs imposed on Chinese goods barely affects Chinese made automobiles because they do not sell cars into the USA.)
As for technology, Apple became the world leader in mobile phone production for the first time in 2023, shipping 234.6 million iPhones, which is one phone for every adult person in the USA. Apple products are produced in China which shows they have top technology. China’s share of the Global Cellphone Market in 2025 was 67%!
The USA in 2025 was the world leader in oil production and Russia was second. However, other members of the BRICS+ - China, Iran, Brazil, and the UAE are the #6 to 9 in petroleum production worldwide. Combined, these four produce more oil than the USA and they are cooperating under the BRICS+ alliance.
China is the still the third largest creditor of the USA, holding some $683 Billion in US debt. Diplomatically, it makes no sense to talk down to your largest creditor, especially when the Chinese may be earning as much as $24 Billion interest each year on their US Bonds and Treasury Bills. Since the USA Tariff Typhoon was imposed China has been reducing its exposure to the US and are either selling bonds or switching to shorter term US Treasury instruments.
There is an adage, “He who owns the gold makes the rules”!
China is the world’s largest producer of gold and Russia is the #2 gold miner. China mined 380 tons of gold and Russia 320 tons in 2025, which far outweighed the US at #5 with only 186 tons of the precious metal production. We read that BRICS+ may be creating a new gold-backed currency to provide a choice against the US dollar. Given the shaky foreign exchange situation today, nations with active gold production appear to have a distinct advantage.
US and EU media do not seem to have BRICS+ in their databases. In fact, five new BRICS members have joined the original five of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Importantly, those five include Iran, now a full member along with Egypt, Ethiopia, the UAE and most recently, Indonesia, which has the world’s fourth largest population. Using the key data above, clearly, the BRICS+ alliance is now the equal of the G-7, in fact, each group has one third of Global GDP.
Coming back to the USA / China Meeting next week, China is definitely not inferior economically to the USA and China, having the more favorable balance of payments, proven by their US debt holdings, seems financially more stable than the USA. (Fact, the USA just arrived at a financial historic event…the USA National Debt, over $38 Trillion, just surpassed the GDP for the first time since World War 2!)
In conclusion, it is a strategic error for the USA (and G-7 leaders) not to recognize China as the leader of the BRICS+ group and as serious Global Economic competition.
shocking US behaviour. Please keep informing us of this rogue state that is the Devil IsRael states of America.
".....And we took over the ship; we took over the cargo, took over the oil. It’s a very profitable business..."
This statement by the orange one is not merely an admission of piracy.
The real story is that it's actually a lie.
How many dozens of billions of dollars gave they spent in attacking Iran? And on top of that how much losses have they incurred in damage to bases, radars, drones, aircraft and other assets?
Offset by a couple tankers of oil?
That's supposed to be..."a very profitable business"?
The nation cannot profit on those numbers. What's actually going on is a few mega corps benefit. That nation as a whole actually goes deeper in debt doing dumb £&it like this.
When such things are stated, and none of the media coverage points out this obvious lie, and the public itself does not immediately react or recognise the nature of the lie...we are deep into idocracry.
As to ' Western sanctions killed roughly 38 million people over 50 years.' This' 'A Crime Against Humanity' and should have the ultimate penalty enacted abound those found guilty of such crimes: Hung by their necks until dead! We can most certainly call this 'JUSTICE!'
It’s an insult to pirates past and present
TRUMP, BESSENT & CO. ARE HEADED TO CHINA NEXT WEEK…SO LET’S CONSIDER:
WHO ARE THE ECONOMIC SUPERPOWERS TODAY?
USA and EU leaders always give us the impression that the USA is dominant industrially and the US led G-7 group of the USA, plus 5 EU countries and Japan are on top economically. That is not the case, and the USA team seems not to be aware.
G-7 governments and western media purposely avoid mentioning the fast-growing BRICS+ alliance and lead us to think that China, Russia, India, Brazil, and South Africa and their five new members are all separate and failing industrially. There are some key indicators that portray the economic situation of a country or group of nations. These are - automobile manufacturing, technology, oil production, gold production, and trade balance.
Wikipedia figures show China in 2025 produced 34,530,738 vehicles and the USA produced only 10, 248,844. China’s BYD brand is the world leader in Electric Vehicles. Very few Westerners are aware of these numbers, which clearly show not only manufacturing capacity but the size of the immense potential market in China with its population of 1.4 billion is a Geopolitical Superpower.
(Incidentally, the recent onerous USA tariffs imposed on Chinese goods barely affects Chinese made automobiles because they do not sell cars into the USA.)
As for technology, Apple became the world leader in mobile phone production for the first time in 2023, shipping 234.6 million iPhones, which is one phone for every adult person in the USA. Apple products are produced in China which shows they have top technology. China’s share of the Global Cellphone Market in 2025 was 67%!
The USA in 2025 was the world leader in oil production and Russia was second. However, other members of the BRICS+ - China, Iran, Brazil, and the UAE are the #6 to 9 in petroleum production worldwide. Combined, these four produce more oil than the USA and they are cooperating under the BRICS+ alliance.
China is the still the third largest creditor of the USA, holding some $683 Billion in US debt. Diplomatically, it makes no sense to talk down to your largest creditor, especially when the Chinese may be earning as much as $24 Billion interest each year on their US Bonds and Treasury Bills. Since the USA Tariff Typhoon was imposed China has been reducing its exposure to the US and are either selling bonds or switching to shorter term US Treasury instruments.
There is an adage, “He who owns the gold makes the rules”!
China is the world’s largest producer of gold and Russia is the #2 gold miner. China mined 380 tons of gold and Russia 320 tons in 2025, which far outweighed the US at #5 with only 186 tons of the precious metal production. We read that BRICS+ may be creating a new gold-backed currency to provide a choice against the US dollar. Given the shaky foreign exchange situation today, nations with active gold production appear to have a distinct advantage.
US and EU media do not seem to have BRICS+ in their databases. In fact, five new BRICS members have joined the original five of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Importantly, those five include Iran, now a full member along with Egypt, Ethiopia, the UAE and most recently, Indonesia, which has the world’s fourth largest population. Using the key data above, clearly, the BRICS+ alliance is now the equal of the G-7, in fact, each group has one third of Global GDP.
Coming back to the USA / China Meeting next week, China is definitely not inferior economically to the USA and China, having the more favorable balance of payments, proven by their US debt holdings, seems financially more stable than the USA. (Fact, the USA just arrived at a financial historic event…the USA National Debt, over $38 Trillion, just surpassed the GDP for the first time since World War 2!)
In conclusion, it is a strategic error for the USA (and G-7 leaders) not to recognize China as the leader of the BRICS+ group and as serious Global Economic competition.