Not after, but simultaneously with becoming an energy exporter and energy technology exporter as soon as possible after becoming energy independent. Our exports are too meager. Our current accounts deficit, aka trade deficit, should be a national scandal. We are only printing money that nobody wants. That's why we are seeing the dollar drop like a rock. We need to export energy to undermine the oil and gas markets of our adversaries.
Don’t be over dramatic. The dollar is NOT “dropping like a rock”. There is a slow, steady, sensible change in its valuation. Other currencies have suffered much worse devaluations, and indeed, the US dollar has suffered worse periods in the past.
What is occurring right now is a long overdue correction in the valuation of the dollar. This will eventually lead to a stronger US economy as our exports become more competitive worldwide, and investment and travel within the US is encouraged, and other macroeconomic factors take hold. Personally, though I’m feeling the pain of the gasoline pricing and somewhat higher food prices at the shelf, I’m not at all unhappy about the dollar’s correction ... especially with respect to the RedChinese currency, whatever that thing is called nowadays, but also to the euro. This is all to the good and eventual wellbeing of our country.
You got it. Plus, it creates a direct global investment opportunity backed by the treasury, meaning it fixes the banking problem as well.