Steven Bartlett
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Remember that China, it is an industrial powerhouse.
So it needs energy from everywhere and everyone.
The fact that China is losing all this energy from the Middle East presents China with a long-term strategic vulnerability.
That's the first thing that happens.
Second thing that happens is that Europe is in a lot of trouble.
Because remember, because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Russian energy was sanctioned.
And so Europe relied more on the Middle East for its energy needs, especially Qatar.
And now Europe has lost all of this oil.
And then you have Japan and South Korea, these two powerful East Asian economies, are also reliant on the Middle East for its energy.
So now the question is, if you're not getting your energy from the Middle East, where can you get your energy from?
And there's only two answers, either Russia or the United States.
Russia is at war.
And what's happening is the Ukrainian drones are attacking Russian oil refineries and export hubs.
So the world in the short term has no choice but to look to America for its energy needs.
And what did Trump do recently?
He took over Venezuela, which has the world's greatest oil reserves.
He's threatening Canada.
He's threatening Greenland, Mexico, Colombia.
If Trump controls the entire Western Hemisphere, the entire world has to beg Trump for energy and resources.
And this saves both the U.S.