Transcript [00:00] Everybody, I have four new stories that [00:02] I'm going to put up on the screen that I [00:03] want to share with you today. I want I [00:05] want to walk you through all of them [00:06] because when you put them all together, [00:09] they tell the story of what is happening [00:11] right now these days with the NATO [00:13] situation. One of the stories that we've [00:15] been following since the beginning of [00:16] the war, the rift between the Trump [00:18] administration and the European NATO [00:20] countries who've been refusing to help [00:22] out the Americans. So, we're going to [00:24] take a look at these stories and it'll [00:27] give us the full picture of what is [00:28] actually happening here. So, let's pull [00:30] it right up on screen. Here we go. And [00:33] story number one, this is from The Hill. [00:34] Trump troop threats to Europe failed to [00:37] move the needle on Iran. President [00:39] Trump's snap decision to pull 5,000 US [00:42] troops out of Germany isn't moving the [00:44] needle in pushing European nations to [00:46] enter the US war in Iran or help [00:48] Washington reopen the Strait of Hormuz. [00:51] Trump's move, which came amid an [00:52] escalating dispute with Chancellor [00:54] Friedrich Merz, has only reinforced [00:56] nation European nations plans to take [00:59] care of their own security rather than [01:01] capitulate to Trump's demands. So, you [01:03] might remember that there was this [01:05] spat between Merz and Trump little over [01:08] the last couple weeks. Merz said that [01:11] Trump is being humiliated by the [01:12] Iranians. Trump responded by saying that [01:16] uh [01:17] that you know, Merz should focus on [01:18] saving his country and he announced that [01:20] he's pulling 5,000 troops out of [01:22] Germany. [01:23] The article goes on to say that the [01:26] allies who are weary of Trump's constant [01:28] threats to withdraw US forces from the [01:30] European continent entirely and smarting [01:34] from the economic fallout of the Iran [01:35] war appear to have carried on with [01:37] business as usual according to experts [01:40] and country leaders themselves. Now, [01:42] listen to this quote from a guy from the [01:44] Atlantic Council. The Europeans are [01:46] trying to find ways to contribute [01:48] certainly to resolving or to reopen the [01:50] Strait of Hormuz once there is a broader [01:52] settlement, but that's driven by their [01:54] own interest. They're not being impacted [01:56] by the troop withdrawal from President [01:58] Trump. [01:59] Now, that 5,000 troops is a fraction of [02:02] what they have there. The United States [02:03] has 36,000 troops deployed in Germany. [02:06] So, it's what, about 14%? [02:09] Trump frustrated by NATO allies failure [02:11] to support the US-Israeli war by [02:14] withholding use of their bases and [02:16] airspace [02:17] um [02:18] has railed against the countries which [02:20] he accused of being cowards. And he also [02:22] said that he would probably remove [02:24] American troops from Spain and Italy as [02:27] they have been as he said Rome has not [02:29] been of any help to us and Spain has [02:31] been absolutely horrible. [02:33] Um and then [02:36] we'll jump down a little bit further. [02:42] Here. [02:45] If one of this is a quote from Marco [02:46] Rubio. So, they then go to Rubio saying, [02:49] "Hey, if one of the main reasons why the [02:50] US is in NATO is the ability to have [02:53] forces deployed in Europe that we could [02:55] project to other contingencies [02:58] and now that's no longer the case, at [03:00] least when it comes to some NATO [03:01] members, that's a problem that has to be [03:03] examined. But, ultimately, that's a [03:05] decision for the president to make." [03:10] And then it talks about how the [03:13] brings a quote from the chair of the [03:16] Senate House Armed Services Committee [03:18] and the House [03:20] Armed Services Committee. The Senate and [03:22] House Armed Services Committee chairman [03:25] put out a letter where they said, [03:26] "Rather than withdrawing forces from the [03:27] continent altogether, it is in the US [03:30] interest to maintain a strong deterrent [03:31] in Europe by moving these 5,000 forces [03:34] to the east." [03:36] Paul Taylor, a senior visiting fellow [03:38] with the European Policy Center, said [03:39] it's difficult for European governments [03:41] to gauge which of Trump's threats to [03:43] take seriously given that many never [03:46] come to fruition. And then it talks [03:47] about how Trump during his first term [03:49] said he would pull out, you know, 9,500 [03:51] troops from Germany, but then he didn't [03:53] do it. And he's been threatening to take [03:55] Greenland, but he hasn't done it yet. [03:58] So, so this guy Taylor goes on to say, [04:00] "It's not evident for European [04:01] governments to know which threats Trump [04:04] makes that they will experience. [04:06] I don't know how he wants to have them [04:08] respond, to be honest. I'm trying to [04:10] work that out. Does he really think the [04:12] Europeans should sail their naval [04:13] resources into the Strait of Hormuz [04:15] before there's a long-term ceasefire or [04:17] peace agreement between the United [04:19] States, Israel, and Iran, and go in [04:21] there and say, 'Here tankers, come with [04:22] me. I'll take care of you.' I don't [04:24] know." [04:26] Okay, so that gives you the gist [04:28] of this piece. [04:31] Now, before we go on, [04:33] uh first of all, I want to remind you to [04:35] make sure you're subscribed to this [04:36] channel. Make sure you're subscribed to [04:37] the Israel 365 news channel, and check [04:40] out the links in the description of this [04:41] video for other ways to stay connected [04:43] to us. I want to just remind you of [04:45] something that I've talked about in a [04:46] few other videos. In November 2025, uh [04:49] the White House put out a document, [04:50] 30-page document called the National [04:52] Security Strategy. [04:55] And uh in this document, I'm going to [04:58] jump now ahead to What is it? Page 25 or [05:01] something. Let me pull it up here. [05:05] And what does it say? So, this is a [05:07] section [05:10] called Promoting European Greatness. [05:13] And in it, it talks about what's [05:15] happening in Europe and how it's [05:17] declining economically and how [05:18] demographically it's changing. And look [05:20] what it says here, this one paragraph. [05:22] "Should present trends continue, the [05:23] continent will be unrecognizable in 20 [05:26] years or less. As such, it is far from [05:28] obvious whether certain European [05:30] countries will have economies and [05:32] militaries strong enough to remain [05:34] reliable allies. Many of these nations [05:37] are currently doubling down on their [05:39] present path. We want Europe to remain [05:41] European, to regain its civilizational [05:45] self-confidence, [05:46] and to abandon its failed focus on [05:49] regulatory suffocation. [05:51] And then a little later towards the end [05:53] of this section, it gives policy [05:55] prescriptions. Our broad policy for [05:57] Europe should prioritize [06:00] and one of the items to prioritize is [06:03] building up the healthy nations of [06:05] Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe [06:07] through commercial ties, weapon sales, [06:08] political collaboration, and cultural [06:10] and educational exchanges. In other [06:11] words, there are healthy nations that [06:13] are trying to defend themselves [06:14] civilizationally who are also spending [06:16] on defense and we'd rather build them [06:18] up. So, when you hear the chairs of the [06:21] Armed Services Committee from the House [06:23] and the Senate saying that they want to [06:24] move the troops eastward and moving [06:27] troops to Poland, that's one of the [06:29] countries they're talking about being a [06:31] healthy country. [06:33] Cuz they're worried about the direction [06:34] that the NATO alliance is taking. [06:35] There's also this paragraph right here. [06:37] Over the long term, it is more than [06:39] plausible that within a few decades at [06:41] the least certain NATO members will [06:43] become majority non-European, i.e. [06:46] Muslim. [06:48] As such, it is an open question whether [06:50] they will view their place in the world [06:52] or their alliance with the United States [06:54] in the same way those who signed as [06:57] those who signed the NATO charter. This [06:59] is really calling into question whether [07:01] NATO has a future at all. [07:04] So, we have to keep that document in [07:06] mind when we look at these things. When [07:07] these [07:08] I bring this up here because in this [07:10] article it you know, that last section [07:12] of it it says that you know, they don't [07:14] know what to believe. Like which threats [07:15] is is Trump really serious about? As [07:18] though he's just throwing some kind of [07:19] temporary you know, temper tantrum, uh [07:22] you know, a knee-jerk reaction to the [07:23] fact that they didn't help him out. So, [07:24] he's you know, you know, saying I'm [07:25] going to take my ball and go home. I'm [07:27] not going to work with you anymore. They [07:29] don't Maybe they haven't read this [07:30] document where literally was written [07:32] months before this war started saying as [07:34] part of the national security strategy, [07:36] we are reevaluating who is actually with [07:38] us, who is actually an ally, who's [07:40] actually trying to defend [07:42] Western civilization and who isn't. [07:45] And they they call out the problem of [07:47] the demographic changes that are taking [07:49] place in Europe. Now, [07:52] um so I I I want to just sum up a few [07:55] other points from this article. [07:59] Japan gets 95% of its oil through the [08:02] Strait of Hormuz. [08:03] Okay? China gets 90%. [08:06] Most of Europe gets what Trump calls [08:09] quite a bit. [08:10] Now, the United States gets less than [08:12] 1%. [08:14] Less than 1% from the Strait of Hormuz. [08:17] So, America, which benefits the least [08:19] from keeping that waterway open, is [08:20] doing all the work. And when Trump asks [08:23] the countries that benefit the most to [08:25] help, the answer is no. [08:27] Senator Lindsey Graham, who called Trump [08:30] to discuss this back earlier in the war, [08:32] we and and and I shared this quote in a [08:33] different video, he said that he had [08:35] never heard the president so angry in [08:37] his life when the European countries [08:38] refused to allow use of their bases. [08:42] And in Graham's [08:44] words, he said the idea that Iran having [08:46] a nuclear weapon is America's problem [08:48] and not Europe's is beyond offensive. [08:50] And I think that's right. Okay, let's [08:51] get to the next story. Let's get through [08:53] these and then we can talk about what it [08:55] all means. So, the next story I want to [08:57] share with you is from Politico. [08:59] And this is from 2 days ago. From 2 days [09:01] ago. It sounds like it's from the [09:02] beginning of the war. Spain to Trump, [09:04] you can't use our bases. [09:07] Our air bases for the Iran [09:10] war. You can't use our air bases for the [09:12] Iran war. That's Spain. [09:15] Now, [09:16] I thought we knew that already. So, [09:18] what's going on here? And it this this [09:20] is a story about an interview with the [09:22] foreign minister of Spain, Jose Manuel [09:24] Albares. [09:26] It says here, Spain won't abandon its [09:28] commitment to international law despite [09:32] mounting criticism from the United [09:33] States over its refusal to allow its air [09:35] bases to be used for the Iran war. [09:37] Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares [09:39] told Politico, "Quote, we are one of the [09:41] very few countries that sent troops to [09:43] help the United States to become a [09:44] nation and to get independence. [09:46] We want that relationship to move [09:49] forward in the same way, but we won't [09:50] renounce our principles. We stick to our [09:53] values and we defend the interests of [09:55] our citizens. That's the only thing that [09:56] really guides me." [09:58] Now, this is all sanctimonious virtue [10:00] signaling. [10:01] And look what he says there. We're going [10:02] to follow international law saying [10:05] He's not implying, he's outright saying [10:07] that the the war [10:09] the US Israel war on Iran is illegal [10:12] and he doesn't want to participate in [10:13] it. And it's not in the interest of our [10:14] citizens. [10:16] And it's not it doesn't match our [10:18] values. [10:22] Okay, it doesn't match our values. [10:24] "The use of those bases comes from an [10:26] agreement, a treaty between both [10:27] countries," Albares said, "and it's very [10:29] clearly stated in the treaty that it [10:32] must be in compliance with international [10:34] law and the United Nations Charter." [10:37] "This is a unilateral war. None of the [10:39] NATO allies were consulted or informed. [10:41] We don't know what's going on, neither [10:43] Spain nor any other country. Even more [10:45] reason to act and defend the interests [10:47] of our citizens." [10:49] And President and then it goes on to [10:50] talk about how disappointed President [10:51] Trump is. [10:53] And then Albares comes back in the piece [10:55] and says [10:57] and it talks about the [11:00] the Spanish positions on the Middle East [11:01] and Israel. Look at this. Spain, run by [11:04] socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, [11:06] has found itself an EU outlier when it [11:10] comes to the Middle East. [11:12] Sanchez's government has repeatedly [11:14] pushed the EU to issue stronger [11:16] criticism of Israel [11:18] and has hit out at the US Israeli war on [11:21] Iran. [11:23] Albares argues that Spain's positions [11:25] have now become mainstream within the [11:27] European Union. [11:28] "Quote, it's true to say we have been [11:30] the first to take that approach on Iran [11:32] and on everything else going on in the [11:34] Middle East, meaning on Israel, on Gaza. [11:37] We seem to stand alone only at first. A [11:39] few days later, some others start to say [11:41] the same things, and then a month later, [11:43] everyone in Europe says exactly what we [11:45] say. Why? Because it's what makes sense [11:47] to the interest of our citizens, for [11:49] European citizens, not only Spanish [11:51] citizens, [11:52] and to our values, European values. [11:57] He said the EU was at a turning point, [11:58] arguing that it must become more [12:00] independent as global instability [12:02] deepens and transatlantic foreign policy [12:05] grows less predictable. [12:09] The Spanish foreign minister called for [12:10] the EU to develop its own military. [12:12] We need a military, a common defense [12:14] capacity, he said, adding that this [12:16] shouldn't be seen as undermining NATO. [12:19] Okay. [12:20] I These guys are [12:23] They make me want to, I don't know. [12:27] This I mean I mean listen to that key [12:29] quote I read. The Spanish government [12:31] will not authorize the use of our bases [12:33] for anything beyond the agreement or [12:35] inconsistent with the United Nations. [12:38] So Spain's foreign minister is saying [12:40] the US can't use their bases. Spain also [12:42] blocked US aircraft from from other [12:44] countries from passing through their [12:45] airspace. They physically relocated [12:48] American planes, 15 American planes, [12:51] including refueling tankers, off those [12:53] bases. [12:55] The Prime Minister Sanchez summed up the [12:57] Spanish position by saying no to the [12:59] war. [13:01] Now, the White House fired back, [13:02] pointing out that Europe benefits from [13:03] tens of thousands of US troops stationed [13:05] there. And yet when America asked to use [13:07] its bases, bases that it pays for, by [13:10] the way, [13:11] to protect a waterway that Europe needs [13:14] from these megalomaniacs in Iran, the [13:16] answer is no. Trump said that Spain had [13:18] been terrible and ordered the Treasury [13:20] Secretary to cut off all dealings with [13:23] the country. [13:25] And what's the foreign minister's [13:26] response? Here he's telling Politico [13:28] that Spain's position that Spain's [13:30] position has become mainstream within [13:32] the EU and he calls for a European army. [13:34] Now this is a country he's calling for a [13:35] European army. This is a country that [13:38] ranks among NATO's worst contributors to [13:40] defense spending. They don't pay their [13:41] dues. [13:44] And then they don't let the US who's [13:46] protecting them use their bases. That's [13:48] their position. [13:50] Now I want you to hold a question in [13:51] your mind as we go to the next story. [13:52] Why is Spain the most anti-Israel, most [13:56] strident against Trump standing up to [13:58] him [14:00] at what could very well be a real cost [14:02] to them? And why Sanchez? Why is he such [14:05] a hardliner on these things? I'll give [14:06] you the full answer in a few minutes, [14:08] but let me just first show you where all [14:10] this is going militarily and we'll take [14:12] a look at our next article for this. So [14:15] this is an article the title here is [14:18] Trump freezes 4,000 troop Poland [14:21] deployment US military rift with Europe [14:24] deepens. Okay, and this story [14:27] is from today. [14:29] Okay? [14:30] And it's a it's on it's saying that on [14:32] top of the 5,000 troops leaving Germany, [14:34] Trump has now frozen a separate [14:36] deployment of 4,000 troops to Poland. [14:39] Okay, this is the second armored brigade [14:41] combat team, the first cavalry division. [14:43] These are serious combat units. [14:45] And they are they've been preparing for [14:48] a 9-month rotation under Operation [14:50] Atlantic Resolve. Operation Atlantic [14:52] Resolve is the mission that exists to [14:55] deter Russia on NATO's eastern flank. [14:59] Okay, so Trump [15:01] so this story is about Trump [15:03] pulling back [15:05] on this on this troop deployment. Okay? [15:08] That's what this that's what's in this [15:10] story. [15:12] Um [15:13] Trump had had previously floated the [15:15] idea of relocating US troops to Poland [15:18] portraying Warsaw as a more reliable [15:21] strategic ally than Berlin. [15:24] I showed you that's that comes directly [15:26] out of the national security strategy [15:28] document. Polish officials openly [15:30] welcomed the proposal and continued [15:32] lobbying for a larger permanent American [15:34] presence. Look at this next paragraph. [15:37] Warsaw has invested billions of dollars [15:39] in military modernization projects [15:41] designed to support American forces, [15:45] including missile defense [15:46] infrastructure, logistics centers, and [15:48] armored equipment depots. They built [15:49] them for the Americans to be there. [15:51] Poland has also remained among the [15:52] strongest supporters of NATO expansion [15:55] amid escalating military tensions. [15:58] Military analysts say the sudden [15:59] cancellation creates operational [16:01] uncertainty for NATO planners who depend [16:04] on predictable troop rotation [16:06] and sustain deterrence capabilities. [16:10] I'm sorry, to to to sustain deterrence [16:11] capabilities. The brigade was expected [16:13] to replace another combat formation [16:15] already stationed in Eastern Europe. The [16:17] broader implications extend far beyond [16:19] Poland. Since 2022, Washington has [16:22] dramatically expanded its military [16:24] presence in Europe, [16:26] but the Trump administration has [16:28] increasingly shifted focus toward the [16:29] Indo-Pacific. So, in the Biden [16:31] administration, they were expanding [16:33] their their presence in Europe in in [16:36] NATO, and the Trump administration is [16:38] looking towards the Indo-Pacific and the [16:40] Middle East as the key arenas to operate [16:42] in while questioning the long-term [16:44] financial burden of maintaining large [16:47] troop deployments in Europe. [16:49] Cuz there are good questions, and as I [16:51] showed you in the national security [16:52] strategy document, they make those [16:54] questions very very clear. [16:58] Now, [16:59] um there's a little more in this piece, [17:00] but we'll leave it there [17:02] on that. [17:04] And [17:11] Okay. [17:12] Here's the interesting part of this of [17:14] this piece. [17:15] Trump said this week that he's open to [17:19] moving the Germany troops to Poland [17:22] instead of bringing them home, which was [17:23] what was requested by the chairs of the [17:26] Armed Services Committee in the House [17:27] and the Senate. [17:29] Poland said they want them. Poland's [17:30] been cooperative. We saw that. Poland's [17:32] been supportive of American policy. So, [17:34] what we're actually watching is [17:38] a piece of the restructuring of the NATO [17:40] alliance [17:42] or America's alliance structures in [17:45] general. [17:46] And the new dividing line is who [17:49] actually acts like an ally. So, Polish [17:51] Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who's been [17:53] critical of Trump on Ukraine, actually [17:55] said this week that, quote, the greatest [17:57] threat to the transatlantic community is [17:59] not its external enemies, but the [18:02] ongoing disintegration of the alliance [18:05] from within. The ongoing disintegration [18:08] of the alliance from within. And when [18:10] Trump was asked whether he'd reconsider [18:12] US membership in NATO, he said, and I'm [18:15] quoting this directly, [18:17] quote, oh, yes, I would say beyond [18:20] reconsideration. I was never swayed by [18:22] NATO. In other words, the NATO alliance [18:24] is fracturing in real time. But, and [18:26] this is the crucial point, the fracture [18:28] is not random. [18:30] Some countries are acting like allies, [18:32] others are not. And there's a reason for [18:35] which countries fall on which sides. So, [18:36] now let me play you a clip that explains [18:39] this better than anything I can say. And [18:40] this is going to bring everything [18:41] together. Okay, well, I'm actually not [18:43] going to play the clip because the clip [18:45] is in Arabic and [18:48] um [18:49] it's Amjad Taha, who's a a United Arab [18:52] Emirates political strategist and [18:53] analyst. [18:55] And he was interviewed on [18:58] Sky News Arabia. [19:00] Okay? And and check this out. Check out [19:02] what he had to say. So, I'll just I'll [19:04] just [19:05] read you a translation transcript of [19:07] what he says. Okay? So, this is This is [19:09] what Amjad Taha says in this clip. [19:10] Again, the clip's in Arabic. I'll I'll [19:12] just [19:13] tell you what he says. Quote, [19:15] "There is an Iranian lobby present, not [19:19] just in America, but in Europe as well. [19:21] And this Iranian lobby in Europe, which [19:24] operates specifically through the Muslim [19:26] Brotherhood, is what has prevented the [19:30] Europeans from acting. [19:34] If we go to Britain, there are 150 [19:36] members of Parliament. 150 members of [19:38] Parliament who have ties to the Iranian [19:40] Embassy, [19:41] who deal with Iranian institutions and [19:44] work with them. [19:45] In France, there are more than 80,000 [19:47] operatives. [19:48] And we're talking about eight [19:50] parliamentarians in France working to [19:52] serve the interests of the Iranian [19:53] regime, and specifically to prevent the [19:56] French from helping [19:58] the more than 20,000 sailors currently [20:00] trapped in the Strait of Hormuz. Can we [20:03] say that European parliaments have been [20:05] infiltrated? Yes, heavily infiltrated. [20:08] In Britain specifically, 12 members of [20:10] Parliament are working directly to serve [20:13] the Iranian regime and promote the [20:14] Iranian narrative, and they work with [20:16] the Muslim Brotherhood. There are clear [20:18] centers for this work. The Islamic [20:21] Center of England in London, in Maida [20:23] Vale, [20:24] which still has a picture of Khamenei on [20:26] the wall to this day. [20:28] And they put up a picture of Mojtaba, [20:31] the son, in London, and people came to [20:34] pledge allegiance to his portrait in [20:36] London. [20:37] The numbers are large and growing, and [20:39] these people could carry out terrorist [20:41] operations at any moment if the call [20:43] comes from Mojtaba or from Tehran. [20:45] Europe is suffering from this lobby, and [20:48] this lobby is exerting enormous pressure [20:50] at the governmental level." [20:53] End quote. That's Amjad Taha. [20:56] So now, let this sink in. Okay, this is [20:58] an Arab journalist. [21:01] This is an Arab journalist. [21:05] Not This isn't uh Pesach Wolicki [21:07] talking, okay? This isn't me. [21:09] This is an Arab journalist, [21:12] not an American, [21:13] who's describing from the inside how the [21:16] Iranian regime and the Muslim [21:18] Brotherhood [21:19] have built a political influence [21:21] operation in the parliaments of Britain [21:23] and France. [21:24] 12 British MPs working directly to [21:26] promote the Iranian narrative. Eight [21:28] French parliamentarians doing the same. [21:30] 150 British MPs who have ties to the [21:33] Iranian Embassy. The Islamic Center of [21:35] England, a legal registered institution [21:38] in London with Khamenei's portrait on [21:40] the wall, whose head Imam was personally [21:43] appointed by the supreme leader in Iran [21:45] as his British representative. [21:46] Literally, this mosque, this Islamic [21:48] Center, is actually an outpost of the [21:51] Iranian regime. The leader of it [21:53] is appointed in Tehran. [21:56] Now, does this surprise you? It [21:57] shouldn't because we've talked about [21:59] this a lot on this channel. The UK [22:02] still has not designated the IRGC, the [22:04] Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. [22:07] They have not designated it as a [22:08] terrorist organization. Every other [22:10] major Western country has. Britain has [22:12] not. [clears throat] [22:13] And the United Arab Emirates, a Muslim [22:15] country, [22:16] recently stopped funding scholarships [22:18] for students to study in the UK because [22:21] they're afraid their own kids will be [22:22] radicalized by the Muslim Brotherhood on [22:25] British campuses. [22:26] A Muslim nation afraid to send its [22:28] Muslim students to England because [22:31] they'll be radicalized there. That's how [22:33] far this has gone. And you have Ayaan [22:35] Hirsi Ali who, you know, we've covered [22:36] here on this channel. She said it [22:38] plainly, the Iranian regime believes it [22:40] has all it already has Europe in its [22:43] pocket. Not through military force, not [22:45] through economic power, through [22:47] demographic shift [22:49] and political infiltration. That is [22:51] their strategy. [22:53] And it is working. So, this brings us [22:55] back to Spain, to the article on Spain [22:57] that I showed you. [23:00] Um [23:01] this article here in Politico [23:03] right? Spain to Trump [23:06] you can't use our bases for the Iran [23:09] war. [23:10] Now, let's put that in context. [23:13] This is This is what Amjad Taha just [23:15] described. Now, he was talking about the [23:17] lobby in France and the UK. [23:19] But the lobbying, the the parliamentary [23:21] infiltration, the electoral pressure, [23:23] it's not abstract in the Spanish [23:25] situation. [23:27] Muslims currently make up about 5% of [23:30] Spain's population. Doesn't sound like [23:31] much. 2.5 million people, approximately [23:35] uh 1,800 mosques. But here's the number [23:37] that matters more. [23:39] Spain has one of the lowest native birth [23:41] rates in the world. [23:43] Right? Spanish [23:45] people don't have kids. [23:48] 1.12 children per woman. Meanwhile, [23:51] African-born mothers, overwhelmingly [23:54] Muslim, [23:55] account for close to 9% of all births in [23:58] Spain. [24:00] Okay? So, they're [24:01] they're only about 5% of the total [24:03] population, but 9% of all births. Do the [24:06] math. [24:07] Muslim children already make up [24:09] something closer to 10 or 11% of small [24:12] children in the country today. [24:16] The 5% adult figure is a lagging [24:18] indicator. The future electorate looks [24:20] very different. [24:22] But still, that sounds like a small [24:23] percentage of the population. And that [24:24] brings us to the political piece of [24:26] this. A recent analysis of survey data [24:29] found that immigrants of Moroccan [24:31] origin, Spain's largest Muslim group, [24:33] support the PSOE. That is Sanchez's [24:37] party. [24:40] Overwhelmingly, they support Sanchez's [24:42] party. [24:43] By far the highest support of any party. [24:46] That's who they vote for. They vote for [24:47] Sanchez. [24:48] He's the prime minister now. [24:50] And that's not a coincidence. The PSOE [24:52] has delivered for that community. [24:54] Generous immigration policy, opening the [24:56] doors, recognition of Palestine, [24:58] consistent hostility towards Israel, and [25:01] now the most vocal opposition in all of [25:03] Europe to American military action [25:05] against Iran. [25:06] Sanchez governs on a knife's edge. He [25:08] has no stable majority. He needs every [25:11] vote he can find. So, a concentrated, [25:13] motivated Muslim electorate that votes [25:16] heavily for your party is not something [25:18] you ignore. You deliver for it, and [25:20] Sanchez is delivering. [25:23] 5% sounds small, but 5% in a fragmented [25:26] parliament, concentrated in the right [25:28] places, in a country where the native [25:30] population is aging and shrinking, [25:33] is not a footnote. It is a veto. [25:37] This is the point I keep making that no [25:39] one in the mainstream press will say out [25:40] loud. [25:41] You don't need a demographic majority to [25:44] reshape policy. You need a concentrated, [25:47] loyal, motivated block that push that [25:50] punishes the wrong politicians and [25:52] rewards the right ones. And that moment [25:54] has already arrived in Spain. [25:57] And in varying degrees, it's played out [25:59] in Britain, France, Germany, as the [26:00] Netherlands, and the Netherlands as [26:02] well. So, in the national security [26:03] strategy, when they talk about how in 20 [26:05] years these countries will be [26:07] unrecognizable, that's talking about [26:08] pure demographics. But when you [26:10] translate the demographics into [26:11] politics, a much smaller percentage has [26:14] leverage, and we're already seeing that [26:16] shift. [26:20] Trump asks NATO allies to help secure [26:22] the Strait of Hormuz, [26:24] a waterway their economies depend on. [26:27] They say no, he pulls troops from [26:29] Germany, they still still no movement, [26:32] he freezes the Poland deployment. [26:35] Trump said NATO membership is beyond [26:37] reconsideration. What does that even [26:38] mean? [26:39] The alliance is falling apart. [26:42] The mainstream explanation is that Trump [26:44] is erratic, and and Europe is [26:46] principled, and they're measured, and [26:48] it's all about international law and [26:49] strategic caution and the UN. [26:54] Look, [26:55] the real explanation, the one Amjad Taha [26:58] lays out here, that Ayaan Hirsi Ali has [26:59] been warning about, that I've been [27:01] covering on this channel, is that a [27:03] number of major European governments are [27:04] now politically dependent on Muslim [27:07] electoral constituencies that are [27:09] aligned with the Iranian and Islamist [27:11] worldview. [27:14] British MPs working for the Iranian [27:17] narrative, eight French parliamentarians [27:19] working with the Iranians. The Spanish [27:22] government delivering policies to serve [27:24] its growing Moroccan Muslim voter base. [27:28] The Islamic Center of England with [27:29] Khamenei's picture on the wall. [27:32] This is the political mechanics of [27:34] what's actually happening in Europe. And [27:36] until the West is willing to to deal [27:39] with it, [27:41] we're going to keep being surprised [27:42] every time a European government refuses [27:44] to act like an ally of the West, [27:47] of the US, [27:49] of Judeo-Christian Western civilization. [27:51] The demography doesn't need to reach a [27:53] majority to reshape the policy. That's [27:55] the key takeaway here. It already has. [27:58] And that's the real story behind the [28:00] NATO crisis that we're watching. No [28:02] one's talking about this in the context [28:03] of the NATO spat. [28:06] All right, that's it for today. That's [28:07] it for this video. Please share it and [28:10] uh [28:10] and please make sure you're subscribed [28:11] to this channel. Please drop a comment [28:13] and let me know what you think. 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