All right, Alexander, let's talk about the dollar and bricks.

What is going on with the narrative of the dollarization,

the narrative of a BRICS reserve currency,

which is something that BRICS is not looking to do,

at least not in the short to medium term.

And the Trump administration's

statements that they will protect the dollar at all costs, even if it means placing 100%

tariffs on BRICS countries, 150% tariffs on BRICS countries, if they opt out of the dollar. What are

your thoughts on the USD bricks and reserve currency?

Right. Well, the word that is coming out, and, you know, this is actually not just, you know, from private sources, which I know we both have, but also if you look at the statements of U.S. officials, that the single biggest issue for the Americans

at the moment, the one that apparently that they've been bringing up in private discussions

with the Russians, the one that took up a lot of the time in Trump's conversation with Putin,

apparently, is not Ukraine. I mean, they do obviously talk a lot about Ukraine,

and it does take up a lot of time.

But they also are bringing up the position of the dollar

and the status of the dollar.

And that the Americans have, at least this administration,

has grasped the damage to the position of the dollar that the Biden administration,

and ultimately before that, the Obama administration, have done that, you know, this

endless war of sanctions, this attempt to use the dollar as an instrument of economic war, has actually

incentivized various countries to actually start moving away from the dollar. And that ultimately,

what Ricks is all about is about creating trade mechanisms so that countries like Russia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia,

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