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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "So this created the petrodollar. Because from now on, Saudi Arabia would only sell its oil in US dollars. Okay? And so this kept..."
Jiang treats the global reserve currency not as a timeless necessity but as an accidental outcome of World War II that let the United States impose one currency as the basis for global value.
Jiang identifies the American financial elite and the Chinese political elite as the two main beneficiaries of the dollar-centered order, and treats that shared benefit as the reason China cannot easily form a serious partnership with Russia.
Jiang presents Putin as the only current world leader who can think strategically over the long term, and says Putin's method is to organize sanctioned states and disaffected participants in the American system into sources of volatility that destabilize the dollar order.
Jiang says a Russia-Ukraine victory could enable a Russia-Iran-China trade bloc with enough energy, food, and continental scale to undermine U.S. sea power and crash the dollar order.
"So this created the petrodollar. Because from now on, Saudi Arabia would only sell its oil in US dollars. Okay? And so this kept..."
"Now the elite could use their power over the people and get rich in America. Okay? So in other words, there were two major..."
"I will also point out that of all the world leaders in the world, I would say only Vladimir Putin seems to be strategic...."
"So if Russia is able to conquer Ukraine, and Russia is able to control carbohydrates and energy and resources, then it's a very good..."
Jimmy Dore brings Jiang on because an earlier prediction seems to have landed: Trump is back, the United States is now at war with Iran, and a forecast once dismissed as wild suddenly looks...
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