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Jiang links Europe's immigration stress and the Ukraine war to the rise of Germany's AfD, which he describes as anti-immigration and anti-war in Ukraine and therefore positioned to gain power as social tension rises.
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Jiang argues that Putin's Europe strategy is to drag Germany into a long war so that conscription, sacrifice, and time generate enough domestic tension for anti-war, anti-immigration right-wing parties such as the AfD to take power.
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Jiang says Trump does not want to abandon NATO but to reshape its leadership and Europe's political landscape in favor of nationalist parties more personally compatible with him.
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"You can tell from this chart the impact on Europe's economy. Where, okay, in 2019, they wouldn't buy that much. They wouldn't buy that..."
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"...identity, as well as this war in Ukraine. So, these, so, AFD, okay, AFD, which opposes immigration and which opposes war in Ukraine, they've..."
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"...war brewing in Europe where these right -wing parties, like the AFD, they're surging in popularity because they oppose war and because they oppose..."
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"is not to replace NATO per se, but to change the leadership of NATO and make NATO much more subservient to him. Right? So..."
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"...leaders that can work with me. Okay? So in Germany, that's AFD. Right? In France, that's Le Pen's party. In Spain, that's Vox. Okay?..."
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"...and that didn't really work out um he supports um the afd in germany uh he supports um vox in spain he supports maryland..."
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"...following the news about what's happening in Germany, like these seven AFD candidates who have been mysteriously dead, I mean, they've mysteriously died for..."
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"...about what's happening in Germany, like these seven ADF candidates, sorry, AFD candidates who've been mysteriously dead. I mean, they've died for different reasons...."
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"...picked up a lot of votes this week. of votes. The AFD, the Alternative for Germany in Germany, which is considered a right -wing..."
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Jiang opens by saying the American empire is no longer even pretending to run a liberal order.
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Danny from CapitalCosm asks the obvious question: where does the world go from here?
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