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16.01.26 - 05:57
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Trump Kicking BRICS Out Of The Americas (ZeroHedge)
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Trump Kicking BRICS Out Of The Americas
Authored by James Gorrie via The Epoch Times,
Since the end of the Bretton Woods system in 1971, the U.S. dollar has dominated global finance as the chief reserve currency. It's used in international trade, sovereign lending, and central bank reserves.
This dominance allows the United States to borrow cheaply and wield great financial leverage globally.
Recent actions by the Trump administration, sometimes labeled a neo-Monroe Doctrine for its assertive posture toward perceived rivals, can be understood through the lens of preserving dollar supremacy against challenges from rising powers like China and Russia.
The Rise of De-dollarization
Though the dollar remains dominant, its grip has been weakening over decades. According to IMF and central bank data, the dollar's share of global foreign-exchange reserves has fallen from over 70 percent in 2000 to under 60 percent in recent years; this reflects broader moves by countries to diversify away from U.S. ...
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16.01.26 - 05:57
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"Emergency Intervention": Trump To Cap Residential Electric Bills By Forcing Tech Giants To Pay For Soaring Power Costs (ZeroHedge)
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"Emergency Intervention": Trump To Cap Residential Electric Bills By Forcing Tech Giants To Pay For Soaring Power Costs
Back in August, when the American population was just waking up to the dire consequences the exponentially growing army of data centers spawned across the country was having on residential electricity bills, we said that the chart of US CPI would soon become the most popular (not in a good way) chart in the financial realm.
In one year, this will be the most popular chart on this site pic.twitter.com/h93gWXMoNL
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 11, 2025
One month later we added that it was only a matter of time before Trump, realizing that soaring electricity costs would almost certainly cost Republicans the midterms, would enforce price caps.
100% wrong. Trump is about to put a cap on power price and will crush utilities. https://t.co/WjiZe8MEnM
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) September 29, 2025
Turns out we were right.
And while Trump obviously can not pull a communist...
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16.01.26 - 05:39
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Pressestimme: ′Münchner Merkur′ zu Grönland/Merz (DPA-AFX)
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MÜNCHEN (dpa-AFX) - "Münchner Merkur" zu Grönland/Merz:"Ob der 13-köpfige Erkundungstrupp, den der Kanzler via Dänemark nach Grönland schickt, Donald Trump wohl mehr beeindruckt als der zusätzliche dänische "Hundeschlitten", über den der US-Präsident so gern spottet? ......
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