Probably doing it at the behest of the western oil companies.
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Trump should be nominated as an honorary ambassador for BRICS. Nobody has done more to push China and India together than Trump.
Objectively so should Biden then. His weaponization of the Swift system 100% accelerated the desire for most of the world to say, "Fuck the USA and its dollar." Then, "No thanks. Let's see what else is out there."
Or did people already forgot that happened? And this is not me taking a side, that did happen. I think the USA is partly foundering and I do not blame you. The USA is increasing your debt by like a trillion every 100 days or so. I was talking to some friends in Finance a while ago about how the USA's debt was flying past $33 trillion, and that was last year, I thing you guys passed $37 trillion recently and are still using the commodity of the dollar as a weapon. Most of the world sees this and thinks, they can do that to anyone they do not like, that could be us in the future.
You haven't seen anything yet as to increasing the debt I am afraid. Every and any excuse they will milk the credit card.
If they do manage to make a supreme leader that sticks they will ad hoc default by over printing money and paying off the debts with that devalued currency.
Oh for sure, the proxy war on Russia was the catalyst for creating an alternative financial system that's making it possible for countries to trade outside the dollar right now.
Exactly. If the USA wanted for go after Russia, they could have used other tools, ones that not other countries have agreed to use as freely. It was such an incredibly shortsighted move. Or, something that could be perceived as a desperate move. Since is not as if the USA is or was short on other options.
Any country with common sense would look at that action and be weary. If I was a world leader, I would be. I would certainly look at what my other choices in trade are or could be, if just in case. A direct or proxy war is not even needed, perhaps just a geopolitical or bad trade dispute could fuck your economy if the Bald Eagle decides to cut you off. It is just too high a risk to ignore.
Dying empires always suffer from poor leadership.
Yeah... Can't argue with that. Seems like a likely trend.
Sure, but Biden did it through official channels and in the standard USA way of diplomatic blackmail with a fake carrot and the threat of a lot of stick.
This dumb motherfucker gives you stick and a promise not to give you even more stick, then tells everyone you're such a huge cuck you're probably gonna take more stick later anyway. One is obviously gonna drive all but the most whipped of whipped dogs (the EU) away.
Still, it does not make it a smart move from the Biden admin. Since for all we know, Biden may not have been even fully aware this was happening. I heard Biden on tape on the investigation Re: he keeping documents and at points he sounds like a senile grandpa -- recommend people seek it out on YT, it is extremely enlightenmenting given the timeframe.
Legal or not is not the point, is whether it was a smart move. It was not. Do not weaponize the legal tender or the mechanisms of its trade. All he did was antagonize everyone by proxy. It was simply not a smart thing and very shortsighted.
It made BRICS or alternative choices look better than they should be. I am sure most people who care about geopolitics can see that.
Agreed
There is a carrot, It is corruption. There is so much going on behind the scenes right now with these guys. Any carrot would be self-serving by the administration obviously. The president has made 3.6 billion dollars he would not have since he got re-elected, that we know about according to some journalists that looked into it recently.
The amount they have made under the table in deals through surrogates is surely a lot more than that. For reference it is estimated that Putin is the richest person in the world in reality.
The truly great see money as a means to an end, these guys see money as the end.
it is estimated
Uh-huh
How was SWIFT weaponized? U.S. isn't in SWIFT.
let's hope that it gets cemented before trump successor is able to bride and force violence to get it to break up.
Countries are starting to realize that it's impossible to do any long term planning with the US. Even if Trump's successor changes course, there's no guarantee that things won't change again in the next election.
you'd think so but the eu and west asian nations under the american sphere literally doubled down on their bets on the US recently.
It's because they're vassals in the truest sense. Their economies are centred on the US, and as a result their politics are captured as well. What the trade war showed is which countries have genuine sovereignty and which do not.
Vassals of the US, and by extension of the connected organized owner class, of corporations. Government is the middleman and the rich control them all.
that list seems very heavily weighted in favor of the US if you look at the number and areas that they cover.
It seems like the split is across G7 and BRICS. Countries are flocking over to one bloc or the other, and BRICS is where most commodities and manufacturing is right now. The BRICS economies have already surpassed the G7 in PPP terms.
does that include things like wealth?
the ultimate trump card seems to be military capability should the g7 ever decide that they can no longer tolerate a threat to their wealth like they've done in the past with forced regime changes and invasions.
BRICS are in a superior position relative to G7 in terms of material wealth, which is ultimately what people need to live.
In terms of going to war, we're already seeing how that's working out in Ukraine and Iran. The empire doesn't have the capacity to take on countries with large industries. Meanwhile, China has already put a squeeze on rare earth exports that are needed for any modern weapons production.
The EU and west-asian countries are fully occupied by US agents. Japan is a great example of a completely subservient country after their defeat in WW2
The US even tried to restart the Japanese Empire as a sub-empire, the Korean War threw a big ol wrench in that plan though.
and the agents are US friendly natives.
Take that, American companies that import Indian goods!
Just stick a "MADE IN CAMBODIA" or other country. No one will know.
In fact, Trump may say how his TARGETED TARRIFFS managed to UP IMPORTS OF HIGH QUALITY CAMBODIA PRODUCTS by 90.000%.
WE WILL BUILD VINDALOO FACTORIES IN NORTH CAROLINA Y'ALL.
This is hilarious because Indians are probably the most pro-Trump group out there. Leopards are having a good time with this one.
Sounds good, but looks desperate regarding Epstine.