JUST IN: 🇺🇸 🇷🇺 Donald Trump says he will remove US sanctions on Russia because it's hurting the dollar.
Amid BRICS’ ongoing move to weaken the currency, Donald Trump has admitted that United States sanctions are hurting the dollar. During a recent appearance, the former president noted that he would lift all sanctions on Russia and Iran if he were to win reelection in November. The weaponization of the greenback has driven mass de-dollarization over the last several years. They have primarily been driven by the BRICS bloc. Since 2022, Western sanctions have driven Moscow to seek increased trade in local currencies. With the economic alliance seeking to institute its own payment system, lifting those sanctions would certainly provide an interesting development. For the last several years, the BRICS bloc has firmly embraced de-dollarization. Although the US currency is still the primary global reserve asset, its position atop global finance has certainly been threatened. According to the Atlantic Council’s Dollar Dominance Meter, the global share of the greenback as a global re...