[SoothingDave]

So he’s right, they need to be freaking paying for services.

You mean besides the tons of defense spending they do from America? And besides continuing the use of dollars in the global oil market?

You Trump believers need to be careful of what you ask for.

[catfish1957]

the white elephant in the room is the possibility of a consortium of Russia, China, and OPEC nations creating a Petro-currency for all oil transactions.

Freezing out USD's as a reference currency will be a serious situation.