Your point holds when money is sound. Nations settle into an equilibrium, each leveraging its strengths. Yet the U.S. has exploited the fiat game, wielding mass-printed currency to ensnare the world in an economic web of dependency exacerbated by its innumerable agencies. This enabled a prolonged imbalance, extracting far more than it contributed. Now, with sound money looming as a threat, the U.S. must reshore production. Bereft of its monetary stranglehold, it offers little value in conparison to what it extracts beyond exported violence, its once-dominant position poised to erode against what it can no longer take.
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So Trump is saying every country has been taking advantage of the US in trades but you're saying it is the other way around with the help of fiat? Correct?
Yes. Its no coincidence that the US has more military force than the rest of the world combined. It is also the richest country in the world by far. What specific attribute causes this to be the case? Leadership? Intelligence? Your Education system? Its laughable and obvious when you understand the foundational means of projecting power and exploitation of the world at large. The ability to capture land, buold the country with slavery and then enslave the world by controling and indeed printing the world reserve asset is pivotal. There is no such thing as a free lunch and the US is overweight. It's a delicate game and it is coming to an end.