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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Right. So, um, one of the undersecretaries for defense in the United States is Eldridge Colby. And, before the election of Donald Trump, he..."
Jiang says Elbridge Colby has argued both that China, not Russia, is America's real enemy and that U.S. defense priorities may shift toward the Western Hemisphere while allowing China greater space in East Asia.
Mercouris reports that Elbridge Colby and related policy discussion are now talking about hemispheric defense: accepting overextension, seeking some accommodation with China, and concentrating on North and South America instead.
"Right. So, um, one of the undersecretaries for defense in the United States is Eldridge Colby. And, before the election of Donald Trump, he..."
"anyway, bringing us back to this, though, Elbridge Colby, and this is basically my last question, by the way, for today, because we're no..."
"...at all, but he is apparently a very close friend of Elbridge Colby, who is the assistant secretary of war, I presume we must..."
Jiang's through-line is that a declining empire does not retreat cleanly.
Mercouris opens by asking for predictive geopolitics rather than another issue-by-issue panel, and Jiang answers by folding Ukraine, Europe, Iran, China, and domestic American disorder into one machine.
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