The United States Wants to Run a Global Protection Racket
"It really does make it look like the United States wants to run some kind of global protection racket which is absolutely the wrong image that he wants to project."
Description
Alexander Mercouris condemns Steven Moran's extraordinary White House statement demanding that countries literally write checks to the US Treasury for maintaining global military presence. The document essentially told the world to pay protection money to America for the "burden" of having the reserve currency and military bases everywhere. This mafia-style shakedown approach horrified global markets and exposed the ugly reality behind "peace through strength" - it's just extortion dressed up as security.
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