Thierry Meyssan besides assumes Trump and his crew are trying to save the U.S. and for this intent they are giving up imperial targets. Here's his line.
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Is Donald Trump preparing the fall of “the American Empire”?
Written by Thierry Meyssan
Over the last month, the accumulation of critical events around the United States, Ukraine and the European Union has been hard to interpret due to the fact that each force is moving forward in a vague way. European leaders look foolish, insisting on continuing to support hard-headed nationalists in Ukraine, while Washington and Moscow have already agreed a peace agreement. However, it is possible that diplomatic summits hide another issue: preventing a serious economical crisis in the West. In that case, Washington must terrorize its allies to force them to pay their debts.
Dedollarisation, i.e. the usage of the dollar exclusively for home purposes of the US alternatively than in global trade, is an insoluble problem of the financial world. However, following unilateral coercive measures (repeatedly referred to by Atlantic propaganda as "sanctions"), imposed by the United States and their allies, first on Iran and then on Russia, Russia created a Financial Transfer strategy (SPFS), China-Interbank Payments strategy (CIPS), and the European Union-European Trade Support Facility (INSSTEX). As a result, the usage of the dollar in global trade fell by about a quarter.
According to Forbes [1], the US public debt is now at a staggering $34,000 billion, of which only 1 3rd is held by abroad investors. If any of the U.S. creditors, mainly China and Saudi Arabia, had demanded repayment, there would have been a gigantic economical crisis, as in 1929.
Many economists regularly inform against this prospect. However, according to Jon Hartley of the Hoover Institute, the central banks have not reduced the share of the dollar in their abroad exchange reserves since the war in Ukraine. However, on February 20, a video conference by analyst Jim Bianco, reported by Bloomberg [2She rekindled her fears. According to this analyst, Trump's administration is implementing a plan known as "the Mar-a-Lago Agreement". It intends to radically restructure American debt by reorganising planet trade through customs, devaluation of the dollar and yet reducing the cost of loans, all of which to align the American manufacture with competitors from the remainder of the world.
The thought of "Mar-a-Lago Agreement" refers to an article by Stephen Miran of the Manhattan Institute [3]; Miran was appointed by president Trump as president of the White home economical Advisory Council (CEA), and Donald Trump himself on January 22 at the planet economical Forum in Davos, gave a speech that seems to support this idea.
The expression “Mar-a-Lago Agreement” refers to the “Plazza Agreement” erstwhile in 1985 the United States implemented a policy of weakening its currency to increase exports. The US economy has moved again, but due to mediocre control of financial mechanisms a very serious recession in Japan was triggered.
On 21 and 22 January, Donald Trump gathered central bankers and G7 finance ministers at his Mar-a-Lago residence. He said that he welcomed them with the words, "No 1 will leave this area until we scope a dollar agreement." [4]. The agreement in question was so approved by allies.
The main thought would be to issue government bonds by the U.S. Treasury Department which do not pay any interest (known as ‘zero purchases’) and which cannot be purchased for a 100 years (i.e. cannot be exchanged for cash for 100 years). Washington would so gotta force its allies to convert their debt to “zero purchases”.
If we accept this analysis, we will gotta re-examine president Trump's various actions, whether it be on customs or the creation of a state-owned wealth fund. They do not seem as absurd as the global press describes them, but alternatively very logical.
We must so recognise that Donald Trump is trying to direct the possible economical collapse of Joe Biden's "American Empire" in the same way as Yuri Andropov, Konstantin Cherninko and Mikhail Gorbachev tried to direct Leonid Brezhniev's "Soviet Empire".
All the more reason I draw attention to this hypothesis, due to the fact that in my view the coup of 11 September 2001 had no another intent than to postpone the foreseeable collapse of the "American empire". The last 2 decades have been nothing more than a minute of rest, which, far from solving the problem, has only made it more complicated.
In 1989 Mikhail Gorbachev, the first secretary of the Communist organization of the russian Union, decided to cut government spending. abruptly he stopped helping the allies of the USSR and gave everyone freedom. At the same time, east Germany overturned the Berlin Wall and Poles elected Solidarity MPs to the Sejm and Senate. This meant the end of the imperialism of Ukrainian Leonid Brezhniev, who in 1968 forced all allies of the USSR to adopt, keep and defend the Moscow economical model.
This is most likely what we are witnessing today: Donald Trump, president of the United States, solves the "American empire", as he tried to destruct them in 2017 [5]. On 28 July 2017, he reorganized the National safety Council, eliminating the permanent positions of CIA manager and president of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. There were 3 weeks of war in Washington, D.C., and yet the resignation of National safety Advisor General Michael T. Flynn. Flynn, who disappeared from sight, is in fact inactive active, holding meetings in Mar-a-Lago for oppositionists from allied countries.
This time, president Trump carefully dazzles the public, speaking of the annexation of the full North American continental shelf, from Greenland to the Panama Canal, at the same time ending the war in Ukraine and in the European Union.
If my hypothesis is correct, we should not believe a word of threats to annex fresh territories specified as Canada, and not imagine that the United States is withdrawing militarily from Europe to face China, but to admit that they are abandoning their European allies militarily. We can see that they are abandoning Germany and betting on Poland in organising Central Europe, even if it means allowing Warsaw to annex east Galicia (now Ukraine). Similarly, we must prepare for the United States to abandon its mediate East allies, but Israel. The United States has just resumed arms shipments to Tel Aviv and began secret talks with Iran through Moscow. They leave the arabian planet to divide between Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
The rivalry of Paris and London for primacy in European defence should so not be understood as opposing peace in Ukraine. Neither the French Army nor the British Army can replace Washington's military support. It is alternatively a question of defining the function both capitals will play on the continent. Emmanuel Macron, president of France, hopes to make his defence concept around French strike forces, while Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of large Britain, intends to turn the situation to his advantage. The erstwhile realises that the European Union focused around Germany is falling apart, and president Trump prefers the “Trimorian initiative” focused around Poland. It could so revive the Weimar Triangle (Germany/France/Poland) in order to keep any area for manoeuvre. On the another hand, on the basis of the same analysis and in the face of the collapse of NATO, he will search to keep Germany as far distant from Russia as possible, thus continuing his country's abroad policy from the last century and a half.
It should be noted that while the European partners, the Chinese and the Saudis should recognise the exchange of their debts to ‘zero purchases’ as fraud, Russia should support the United States in this move. Finally, erstwhile the russian Union broke up, Russia went through a decade of recession and turmoil, and present it needs the United States to defend itself from remaining alone in the [future] conflict with China.
[1] « Why Trump’s ‘Mar-A-Lago Accord’ Would Financially substance To You », Erik Sherman, Forbes, February 23, 2025.
[2] « “Mar-a-Lago Accord” chatter is getting Wall Street attention » and « Jim Bianco on What a “Mar-a-Lago Accord” could mean for the economy », Tracy Alloway & Joe Wiesenthal, Bloomberg, February 20 and 25, 2025.
[3] « A User’s Guide to Resturing the Global Trading System », Stephen Miran, Hudson Bay CapitalNovember 2025.
[4] « Et Donald Trump fit entrer Mar-a-Lago dans la légende du dollar », Nessim Aït-Kacimi, Les Échos, 25 février 2025.
[5] « Donald Trump dissout l’organisation de l’impérialisme états-unien », par Thierry Meyssan, Réseau Voltaire, 30 janvier 2017.
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Meyssan compares Trump's actions with Gorbachev's. Like the USSR, the US leaves most of its vassals to their own fate. They quit imposing their will on all the countries of the world, "spreading democracy" if not in the form of bombing, with the aid of "colour revolutions". They focus only on existential goals for the US. The issue that Meyssan has raised, which another commentators have left out so far, is monetary issues. If this subject has been raised, it was only said about US debt, now the question is: what are the US going to do with this fan? Of course, savings alone are not enough. The handling of this gigantic debt is becoming increasingly problematic – read: interest repayment (no 1 talks about repayment of the debt itself!). In a situation where the dollar is increasingly losing its function as the major global clearing currency, a real possible of bankruptcy appears before the US! And here comes the thought of 100-year-old interest-free bonds. The thought is totally crazy! In fact, those nations with US bonds can be said to have lost money! But the U.S. can't say that! This is, of course, an unrealistic idea, but this is the method utilized by Trump, which involves putting out any crazy thought and waiting for what the another side will propose. The first was an thought with the Gaza Riviera. The another side must realize the importance of the problem and make proposals. Admittedly, the method is superb due to the fact that it forces the opponent to respond and make his own proposals and adapt to the U.S. situation. And then you can always say: it was your idea! I wonder what's gonna come of it... The second part is intended to be the "Mar-a-Lago Agreement", which would mention to "Agreements with the PlazaIt’s okay. ” erstwhile I hear that, I wonder about the intellectual level of people who make specified proposals. The devaluation of the dollar made sense in 1985 erstwhile an agreement was made with the Plaza. Then the US economy produced something. It had products that, due to an overpriced dollar, were not competitive in planet markets. Today, the U.S. has nothing to sell. They barely make anything! The Forbes article, which Meyssan cites, focuses only on loans. It is only at the very end, in 1 sentence, that the article mentions the increase in prices that this step will cause. For now, everyone seems to think America's return to greatness will be painless. Nobody says it's gonna be a painful process! Above all, no 1 talks about how American society will respond to a drastic fall in the standard of living. What happens erstwhile the enthusiasm passes? The real challenge for Trump and his crew will be U.S. home affairs. Anything can happen! Anything is possible! Even the U.S. breakup! I personally do not see the anticipation of rebuilding the size of the US. At least not in this social-political configuration. But that's a different subject.
I've written about plotting the Anglo-Saxons. specified an example would be the withdrawal of the US from the mediate East and leaving it for Turkey and Saudi Arabia. That would warrant further destabilisation of this region! We request to realize that the Arabs are subhuman to the Turks, as we are subhuman to the West.
Let's decision on to our country. I'm not getting divorced. Meyssan provides for Poland to take over Galicia. I am even afraid to think about it!!! Taking on the head of the Bander's viper's nest, would be an unimaginable stupidity!!! “Our” Polish-speaking government is capable of this foolishness. But the worst part is that we too, as a society, are capable of this! The 3 Sea Initiative? It sounds promising, but I think it's unrealistic. There's nothing that these countries have in common. Besides, it would again be counting on US support, which could be withdrawn at any time.
Anyway, times are interesting. What was unreal yesterday is reality today. We will surely not complain about boredom!
P.S.
And by the way, something for those who believe in the nonsense of Russia's invasion of our country. I'm in the mediate of reading Emmanuel Todd's book on the fall of the West. I just got to the part about east Europe. The author cites an anecdote that Dominique de Villepin told him, who was then Minister of abroad Affairs. erstwhile the US "introduced democracy" in Iraq, France, Germany and Russia were against it. In 2003 or 2004, during the "three righteous" meeting, Putin, Schröder and Chirac, who Villepin witnessed, Putin was going to say, "We have many problems in Russia, but it is simply a large comfort for us that you have Poles on your head now."
