In short
The episode argues that “world leaders” are distancing from Donald Trump and forming new alliances because they see the U.S. as unreliable. It claims Trump’s actions—like canceling plans for U.S. missile deployments to Western Germany and firing/purging nuclear and Iran experts—undermine predictability and expertise. It cites diplomats mocking the U.S. over troop movements to Poland and questions about uranium enrichment/dilution expertise.
Notable examples
France/Germany/UK seeking a joint long-range missile program (over 2,000 km); Mexico and the EU signing a modernized free trade agreement in Mexico City with Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa; Canada opening a consulate in Nuuk, Greenland; Germany emphasizing intensified cooperation with Ukraine; UAE/Saudi Arabia/Qatar urging diplomacy with Iran. It also alleges China and Russia expanded signals intelligence in Cuba.
Guests
none mentioned.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOGlobal Leaders Move Beyond Trump
2:56 to 4:12
Understand how world leaders are forming new alliances away from Trump.
“Furious world leaders have moved on from Donald Trump in the United States.”
Political Mockery and Military Concerns
4:12 to 5:47
Learn about world leaders' criticism of Trump's military decisions and their consequences.
“We don't really understand what the hell you did where you removed 5 ,000 troops that were supposed to go to Poland, US troops, and then you said that they shouldn't go to Poland.”
European Military Cooperation
5:47 to 7:52
Discover how Europe is strengthening its military capabilities independently.
“So let's talk about what went down again.”
EU-Mexico Trade Agreement
7:52 to 10:08
Explore the new trade agreement between Mexico and the European Union.
“expanding their intelligence gathering operations in Cuba as well.”
Canada's Role in Arctic Security
10:08 to 12:50
Examine Canada's commitment to Arctic sovereignty and international cooperation.
“And then they outlined building bridges, bringing people closer, boosting trade from a place of respect and dialogue.”
Support for Ukraine in NATO
12:50 to 14:02
Analyze NATO's support for Ukraine and its implications for European security.
“There's more to life than oil and making money.”
Strengthening European Support for Ukraine
14:02 to 16:02
Learn about the recent commitments from European countries to support Ukraine amid ongoing tensions.
“But really protecting and defending the Arctic.”
The Changing Dynamics of European Defense
16:02 to 17:16
Discover the evolving perception of Europe's defense responsibilities and its reliance on the U.S.
“Here's what he had to say as well about why are we so – we should not be dependent on the U.S.”
Transcript
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2:56Ben Meiselas:Furious world leaders have moved on from Donald Trump in the United States. They've thrown Donald Trump out of the core of their alliances, moving Trump in the U.S. to the sidelines. Now they're just going to try to wait Donald Trump out and also assert themselves with power and strength and call out Donald Trump and forge new alliances. Just look what's happened over the past 24 to 48 hours. We're talking about major alliances formed between Mexico and Europe, announcing a massive trade deal. I'll talk about that in a moment. France, Germany, UK announcing a major deal. Heck, even the UAE and Saudi Arabia, which do not get along right now, joined together with Qatar to stand up against Donald Trump and his regime.
3:50Ben Meiselas:You've got Canada making a powerful announcement in Sweden about its protection of Greenland, its dedication to Arctic security, and specifically not so veiled threats against the Trump regime that Canada will be there to protect the sovereignty of Denmark and Greenland. And you also have diplomats just mocking the Trump regime. We don't really understand what the hell you did where you removed 5 ,000 troops that were supposed to go to Poland, US troops, and then you said that they shouldn't go to Poland. Poland doesn't need them. And then you randomly said, because the president of Poland won the election last August, you're going to put the troops back in Poland.
4:39Ben Meiselas:I mean, Poland's happy that the commitments are actually being made, but people are like, you remove the troops, you put the troops in, there's zero predictability. Also, you have world leaders at the foreign minister level also mocking Donald Trump in the United States that there's no one who's a subject matter expert in the US government at all on uranium enrichment, uranium dilution, what constitutes weapons grade, how can you dilute certain amounts of uranium. How do you transfer it? You know, key things because Donald Trump got rid of all of these positions. All of the Iran experts, nuclear experts have been fired and purged.
5:21Ben Meiselas:And also yesterday, yet another Trump regime official resigns or is forced to quit. Tulsi Gabbard leaves. And so you've had all of these generals and military leaders and now The director of national intelligence resigning and the rest of the world is looking at the United States, looking at what Donald Trump has done, making America first, America all alone. And foreign ministers are walking with confidence now for the first time. So let's talk about what went down again. You had France, Financial Times reporting, seeking to join a joint German-UK program to develop long-range missiles as Europe moves to strengthen its independent strike capabilities without relying on the U.S.
6:09Ben Meiselas:The project would develop ground-launched missiles with ranges above 2 ,000 kilometers. European officials see the effort as more urgent. After Donald Trump canceled plans to deploy U.S. Tomahawk missile battalions to Western Germany, also the U.S. running very low on its munitions, the THAAD, the Patriot Systems, 50 % of MQ-9 Reapers were destroyed in this catastrophic war in Iran. And so the U.S. scene as not reliable at all. And I'll talk about this as well. Could have mentioned this in the beginning that lots of these countries are looking to Ukraine as being really a world superpower, at least when it comes to technological innovation, cutting edge warfare, drone warfare, drone interceptors, submersive unmanned vessels.
7:05Ben Meiselas:the informational technology about how you deal with and counteract modern drone warfare. So you also had the UAE joining with Saudi Arabia and Qatar to urge, I'd be putting it gently, to warn, to issue ultimatums against the Trump regime. Give diplomacy a shot with Iran and do not start this war again because you're going to destroy our countries. You don't have the ability to protect us clearly. And so if you want to still use our airspace and our air bases that are here, you need to be very much focused on diplomacy and not ongoing to war. Well, all of that's happening too. I mean, you have China and Russia taking advantage of Trump's weakness, expanding their intelligence gathering operations in Cuba as well.
8:02Ben Meiselas:Latest reports from Wall Street Journal is that they've roughly tripled the personnel since 2023 to staff electronic eavesdropping facilities aimed at U.S. military sites there. China runs three of Cuba's 18 known signals intelligence sites, and Russia operates two with some jointly run by Cuba, with main targets being U.S. Central Command in Tampa and Southern Command near Miami, which the Trump regime is also trying to use as pretext for invading Cuba, along with the 300 drones as well. Let's bring you to what was going on, though, in Mexico City. In Mexico City, Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and European Council President Antonio Costa held a joint press conference in Mexico City following the signing of a landmark free trade agreement between Mexico and the European Union.
9:02Ben Meiselas:Trump attacks Mexico. Trump attacks the European Union. They join forces. They outline plans to strengthen economic cooperation, investment, and strategic partnership. We've got a clip that I'll show you in a moment of Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, talking about zero tariffs on so many goods, products, services, especially that are needed in the digital age. Antonia Costa, the European Council president, writes, the European Union of Mexico are natural allies. We are reliable partners and friends. And today, with the signing of the modernized global agreement and the interim trade agreement between the EU and Mexico.
9:46Ben Meiselas:Our relationship is set to reach a new, more mature and ambitious level. Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, says the following. We're opening an EU-Mexico summit of historic importance. There is so much Europe and Mexico can offer and achieve together. A strong partnership starts today. And then they outlined building bridges, bringing people closer, boosting trade from a place of respect and dialogue. Today, the EU and Mexico seal their alliance with signing this modernized global agreement. More than 45 ,000 EU companies export to Mexico. And then it talks about how this is a win for everybody, where you have in Latin America, Mexico, the second largest economy, 130 million people.
10:36Ben Meiselas:Let's show you what Ursula von der Leyen had to say here. Let's play this clip. And this brings me to our trade commitments. The goal here is simple. We want to create even more jobs and value on both sides. With swift ratification, tariffs on virtually all Mexican agri-food exports to Europe will disappear. Imagine the opportunities. European companies, drawn by Mexico's talent and dynamism, already support more than 5 million jobs here, and there is much more to come. Mexican small and medium-sized producers will benefit greatly because this agreement promotes sustainable practices, And it protects the iconic Mexican geographical indication from Tabasco's cocoa to Tiquilla, you just name it.
11:38Ben Meiselas:Now, as I noted, too, you have Canada, who's also been involved in linking Trans-Pacific Asia with Trans-Atlantic Europe, Europe to Mexico. Donald Trump likes to talk about a golden dome. I almost like to talk about it as connect the dots, where I guess the dome, if you will, or the dots that are connecting are leaving America in the past. America all alone and sealed in this dome, if you will, while the rest of the world is bridging their alliances, talking about cooperation, talking about predictability, certainty, free trade, multilateralism. As Donald Trump's out there, what's Donald Trump doing?
12:25Ben Meiselas:Posting videos like this of himself and Stephen Colbert. Play this clip.
12:37Ben Meiselas:Or Donald Trump posting weird photos of himself, threatening Greenland, AI images of himself, like leering over Greenland while threatening to conquer it and take over it so that he can extract oil and sell oil to the world, even though Greenland doesn't allow oil drilling for the past five, six years it's been banned. There's more to life than oil and making money. There's a beautiful country, sovereign, peaceful, loving, healthy, environmentally friendly. Speaking of which to me, that's what defines Canada as well. And you had Anita Anand of Canada, you know, one of their top ministers was at this NATO summit, foreign minister at this NATO summit.
13:25Ben Meiselas:And here she talked about Canada opening up its consulate in Nuke. Here's what she had to say, play this clip. We're also having a meeting of the A7, the Arctic seven countries after the NATO foreign ministers meet. And I'm very much looking forward to speaking about the necessity of cooperation in defending and protecting the Arctic region. We, Canada, opened a consulate in Nuuk Greenland in February to stand strongly with Greenland and Denmark in their sovereignty and territorial integrity. But really protecting and defending the Arctic. And similarly, you had Germany's foreign minister, Wadfel.
14:10Ben Meiselas:He talks about the importance of linking up with Ukraine and Europe linking up with Ukraine. Play this clip. With a view to strengthening European security, which also serves the purpose of strengthening the European pillar within NATO, we propose further intensifying cooperation with Ukraine. It's about ensuring that we, through our European NATO partners and Canada, consistently meet Ukraine's specific support needs. The message is very clear. we will not waver in our support ukraine always has the staying power it can always count on our support that must be the message from ankara therefore it is still time to be ready for negotiations we must enter these negotiations with a position of strength and i'll go back to anita anand right here saying that we're also here to express our solidarity with ukraine here's what she has to say let's play this clip and finally i will say that we are also here to express our solidarity in the short and the long term with ukraine canada has put on the table 25.5 billion dollars in multiple forms of support for ukraine military humanitarian economic financial support and we are one of the world's largest per capita donors to ukraine to date we've trained over 47 ,000 members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
15:39We have an initiative to bring the Ukrainian children home from Russia where they are being indoctrinated after having been stolen from their families. We will be holding a summit for the return of Ukrainian children in Toronto on September 28th and 29th to follow up on the summit that we held last week in Brussels.
16:02Ben Meiselas:Even NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who I've seen a lot lately, kind of behave more of like an appeasing Trump. We'll just be nice. We'll say appeasing Trump. Here's what he had to say as well about why are we so – we should not be dependent on the U.S. for anything. I mean, if you factor in Europe, NATO, non-US, we're well, we could be wealthier. We could be bigger. We could be more powerful. This is what the rest of the world is waking up to. And as I said, America relinquishing its position, a position that was what brought America its stature in the world. And, you know, here we are. Here, let's play this clip.
16:46Ben Meiselas:better. But I always felt that it is strange that a very rich part of the world, Europe is a very rich, maybe the richest part of the world, needs the support of another part of the world to defend itself against the Russians to the extent it has now, where we are overreliant on one ally being the United States. And what you will see over the coming years is a more equal, is a shift, a gradual shift, where the Europeans take this bigger responsibility with the United States, firmly anchored in the transatlantic relationship. There you have it, folks. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers.
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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump getting banned from critical alliances as the world moves away from him and the United States.
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