By Sean Goins
I am writing this in February 2025. Donald Trump is now the president again, and he has returned the United States to law and order. For lack of better words, the adults are back in charge. President Trump has already effortlessly forced Mexico and Canada to toe the line and play ball with the United States using tariffs. One thing is clear: the world has entered a new stage, and the order of the petrodollar may end.
President Nixon created the Petro Dollar in 1973 as a system of trade in which every nation agreed to price oil and trade it in the United States Dollar. It has its ups and downs; for example, it has consistent trade deficits and offers a good source of liquidity. On the other hand, the U.S. has to run large account deficits to maintain that liquidity in an ever-growing global economy, and if this stops, the global economy slows.
Well, in 2025, the Petro Dollar is on its way out; global declining demographics, American Isolationism, and rising chaos across the planet are forcing it out. However, this is not the victory BRICS and other anti-American actors wanted. They are still doomed to a variety of factors, including demographics. The Death of the American Petro Dollar system will be replaced by an equally or even more powerful American Tech Dollar.
As we speak, advanced industries across the planet, from Mexican Ford Auto plants to German chemistry plants, are relocating to the United States either out of safety, economic future, or to avoid tariffs. The U.S., under Trump, is gearing up for a technology arms race and is preparing to install and upgrade infrastructure to facilitate AI. Soon, most nations who want energy or technology will be forced to price it in USD and buy it in USD.
So, while U.S. global hegemony will remain unchallenged, its character will change. As nations fall to chaos and demographic collapse, America will be one of the few modern nations left (assuming we can fix birth rates). The money brought in by the Tech Dollar can pay off our debt and reduce the need for income tax. The world is changing, and we are in for if nothing else an exciting four years.
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