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Trump's threat to punish countries that drop US dollar will speed up de-dollarization (youtu.be)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Actually de-dollarizing is probably the biggest threat to the US economy. Because the USA lives off the fact that quite a lot of dollars are hoarded worldwide as cash reserves. There are scenarios that see the USD below 10 Euro-Cents if the dollar fails to stay the default oil currency.