How Biden Weaponized the Dollar — and Why BRICS Is Building an Escape Hatch
Most Americans think the U.S. dollar is powerful because it’s “trusted.”
That’s wrong.
The dollar is powerful because America controls the plumbing of global money.
And in 2022, under President Biden, that plumbing was turned into a weapon.
The moment that happened, the world stopped asking if it needed alternatives — and started building them.
Here's What Biden Actually Did...
After Russia invaded Ukraine, the Biden administration led the effort to cut major Russian banks off from SWIFT.
SWIFT is not a bank.
It doesn’t hold money.
It’s the global messaging system that connects more than 11,000 banks in over 200 countries, allowing cross-border payments to function.
If you’re on SWIFT:
• You can trade
• You can settle payments
• You can participate in global commerce
If you’re cut off:
• Your trade slows or stops
• Your currency becomes harder to use
• Your economy becomes isolated
By removing Russia from SWIFT, the U.S. didn’t just sanction a country.
It showed the world that access to money is conditional.
Why This Was a Line in the Sand
Sanctions used to target:
• Individuals
• Companies
• Assets
This time, the U.S. targeted financial infrastructure.
That sent a message every finance minister, central banker, and head of state understood immediately:
“If you disagree with us, your access to global money can be revoked.”
At that moment, the dollar stopped being neutral.
And neutrality is the foundation of reserve currency status.
Enter BRICS — Not Ideology, Survival
BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa — didn’t respond emotionally.
They responded strategically.
These countries don’t need to overthrow the dollar.
They just need to reduce dependence on it.
Since 2022:
• Trade between BRICS nations increasingly settled in local currencies
• China expanded CIPS, its cross-border yuan payment system
• Russia accelerated SPFS, its SWIFT alternative
• BRICS discussed a shared settlement framework, not a single currency
• Central banks in BRICS countries increased gold reserves significantly
This wasn’t political theater.
It was risk management.
The BIS Quietly Legitimated the Shift
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) — the central bank for central banks — began supporting experimental cross-border payment projects like mBridge, which allow countries to settle trade without relying on SWIFT or the U.S. dollar.
The BIS didn’t kill SWIFT.
But it sent a signal:
The future is multipolar.
And monopolies don’t survive when redundancy becomes acceptable.
What This Means for the Dollar?
The dollar doesn’t lose reserve status in a crash.
It loses it through:
• Diversification
• Parallel systems
• Reduced marginal reliance
The dollar is still dominant.
But every bilateral deal done without dollars…
Every central bank buying gold instead of Treasuries…
Every payment routed outside SWIFT…
…weakens the privilege of infinite money printing.
Biden didn’t destroy the dollar.
But he accelerated the exit planning.
Educated investors don’t wait for headlines.
They watch:
• Trade settlement trends
• Reserve diversification
• Gold accumulation
• Currency behavior
That’s why smart money is moving into:
• Gold
• Silver
• Hard assets
• Cash-flowing businesses
Not because collapse is imminent.
But because when money becomes political, real assets become essential.
As my Rich Dad taught me:
“When governments control money, individuals must control assets.”
The world isn’t abandoning the dollar tomorrow.
But after SWIFT was weaponized…
and BRICS began building alternatives…
The illusion of permanence was broken.
And once that illusion breaks, history says the transition has already begun.
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