[andsoitis]

> decrease our trade deficit (not saying I agree with this goal), either the dollar

A direct link exists between a nation's status as the world's primary reserve currency and its tendency to run persistent trade deficits.

This relationship is often described by the Triffin Dilemma, a paradox where the global demand for the reserve currency necessitates that the issuing country consistently supplies the world with its currency, primarily through importing more than it exports.