[guzfip]

> Major geopolitical failure by the US.

Nah, soft power is out. Bluntly, if the Philippines strays too far from US interests, they can be strangled, first economically, then militarily.

[simmerup]

If the Us keeps attacking its allies economically and militarily the petrodollar will crumble and those trillions of dollars of debt will start to be a heavy burden

[Henchman21]

So it's all going to plan then?

[lostmsu]

If dollar crumbles, the debt becomes lighter, no?

[simmerup]

Tons of countries buy the dollar bond because it’s a safe bet. It’s how the world does finance.

If that stops, then the world stops buying dollars. And then America has to start justifying why a printed dollar justifies buying an import from China or Europe of real valuable goods

[lawgimenez]

Of course, that’s what US will do to its old allies.