Starting with Obama’s first Russia sanctions in 2016 in retaliation for the lie that they stole the election from Hillary sanctions have been a disaster for America. The final Biden sanctions of cutting off SWIFT and seizing Russian gold and deposits in western banks taught the world that they can have their economy destroyed in a whim.
That gave BRICS rocket fuel to the already burning fire.
Using the dollar as a weapon was a pig stupid mistake for America. Dedollarization is the existential threat to America. Clowns like this guy are openly upset that Iran and the Saudis are burying the hatchet and are hoping hostility resumes. And that was an odd part of the article where he was noting that BRICS is not a security agreement and they do not require others the mutually aid each other.
DC is willing to try anything in this world except being hostile and using subterfuge and power plays. Try are oblivious to the hate for America they are creating.
Weaponizing our dollar because some Ukrainians paid millions to the Biden family was foolish - and a warning to all the “small nations” of the world. Either use another currency, or be subject to the whims of, and sanctions imposed by, corrupt American oligarchs.
Any human who can rub two brain cells together should be able to see this!
The days of Pax America are about over and we should act like it.
We've dictated to the world how they should run their lives for many decades, and the world finally sees how that gig works -- and they don't like it. Look at the devastation and loss of human lives we've caused all around the planet; Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Ukraine, and others. It rivals Mao and Stalin.
The rest of the world is changing contrary to our preaching and so-called "rule-based orders." You know, it's like your kids grow up. You may (or may not) have influence when that happens, but if you do, you've earned it -- not bought it or gained it through dictatorial/threatening strength.
By the way, we citizens are in the same crosshairs as the other nations. That is, we are ordered around and "dictated" to by the political elite class. As citizens, we're no different in their eyes. Only we don't seem to have the power to fight back.
Any thinking human would hope our political class learns a big lesson from this (but highly doubtful). Because in the end, it just might help us too.