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We do that to ensure trade is done in US dollars, it's what allows us to run $1T in deficit every year and print with impunity.
DOD budget for 2026 is how much?
$852.45 billion?
and supplementals will likely take it well over a trillion since Iran has burned up about $200 billion in ordnance.
Time for THE REST OF THE WORLD that ALSO benefits from world oceanic trade to pony up.