George Friedman Predicts the Next 50 Years of Global Affairs and the Importance of Space Domination

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🗓️ 23 April 2025

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Unstable as things may feel, America isn’t collapsing, says geopolitical forecaster George Friedman. It’s merely going through a predictable and necessary reset. In ten years, we’ll be fine. George Friedman's website: http://geopoliticalfutures.com/ (00:00) Introduction (01:03) Where Will the US Be In 50 Years? (06:08) Spy Satellites and Space Strategy (10:35) Is the Pentagon Lying About China’s Technological Abilities? (20:00) The Storm Before the Calm (28:58) The Fall of American Universities Paid partnerships with: ExpressVPN: Go to https://ExpressVPN.com/Tucker and find out how you can get 4 months of ExpressVPN free! MeriwetherFarms: Visit https://MeriwetherFarms.com/Tucker and use code TUCKER25 for 15% off your first order. Jase Medical: Go to https://Jase.com and use code TUCKER at checkout for a discount Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You believe the United States can remain dominant in space over the next 50 years?
0:04.0	We are dominant in space.
0:05.7	Our technology is way ahead of us, but we're modest, deliberately so.
0:09.7	We understate our capabilities.
0:12.3	Feels like, though, there's got to be some hard pivot or something.
0:18.5	You know, there's some disaster that resets people's expectations.
0:22.0	It's called Donald Trump.
0:23.5	I think that's what I do.
0:25.0	What I'm saying is he's a wrecking ball that Lincoln was and the wrecking ball that Roosevelt was and Jackson was.
0:31.6	He's shifting the country. We have these incredible problems. I wrote a book called a storm before
0:37.1	the calm. We're in that storm. And after the storm, we enter these incredible problems. I wrote a book called a storm before the calm.
0:37.9	We're in that storm.
0:39.2	And after the storm, we enter a very different place.
1:04.3	Thank you. George, thank you for doing this.
1:08.2	So you have made a career of predicting the future,
1:11.5	and I think that you've done a better job than anyone I've met in predicting sort of the big picture movements of nations. Clearly we're in,
1:19.2	and I hope we can talk about this in a transition away from the post-war order, but I just
1:25.3	want to start at the end. Where do you think the United States will be in 50 years?
1:29.7	Well, I think the United States is withdrawing not to isolationism, but to Fortress America.
1:36.1	It's interesting that the Mexican president called for Fortress North America.
1:40.4	Yes.
1:40.8	And it was a very wise move. We were engaged, forced to be engaged in the wars because the United States cannot be invaded.
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