Diplomacy and persuasion aren’t in America’s tool kit. From Tarik Cyril Amar at swentr.site:
The president-elect’s crude attempt to scare away de-dollarization is based on an illusion of Washington’s omnipotence
US President-elect Donald Trump. © AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura
Donald Trump still has it, that old magic: Long known for using social media to great – or devastating – effect, the former and incoming US president has mightily stirred the bubble again. This time the target of his ire is BRICS+ (at this point an informal but commonly used label), an association of, in essence, non-Western states that dare organize and cooperate without Washington’s permission and outside its control.
In particular, Trump has threatened that any attempt to “move away from the Dollar” will lead to massive US punishment, specifically, “100% tariffs.”
“There is no chance that the BRICS will replace the U.S. Dollar in International Trade,” the president-elect thinks he knows, and any country daring to challenge “the mighty US Dollar” – in the original over-capitalized, thundering Trumpese – “should wave goodbye to America.” Those who don’t want to fall from the good graces of the US, Trump demands, must not only abstain from abandoning the dollar but make a special commitment to not even try.
Let’s not dwell on the obvious: To be honest, who would not want to wave the US goodbye, if only we could? And for something that has “no chance” of happening, the idea of replacing or abandoning the dollar is getting Trump pretty worked up. Why so prickly about what he says is a non-starter anyhow?
He should tweet out in all CAPS at all times! (rimshot)
We are the indispensable number two chosen ones and you will bow down or we’ll democracy the shit outta you.
(Bomb bay doors open, boots march)
See, everyone wants to be just like us. (not really)
Newman says, this place over here has sodomy, 24-7 buffet, teevee, sportsball, EBT world shopping bazaar.
(sound of crickets)
And all along it’s Saudi Arabia and CCP that keep the charade going?
The STUPID will burn down the world and sadly that is the plan.
I do admit to LMFAO until my side hurts at the Alec Baldwin (?) reads Trump’s tweets with snark and family was like you think that’s funny.
Yes, yes I do.