0:03 On January 3rd, 2026, two days ago, US
0:05 special operations forces landed in
0:07 Caracus, Venezuela, and captured the
0:09 sitting president of a sovereign nation.
0:12 Nicholas Maduro was taken into custody,
0:14 flown to the United States, and is now
0:15 being held on drug trafficking and
0:17 terrorism charges. The US government
0:19 called it a law enforcement operation.
0:21 The rest of the world called it an
0:22 invasion. You probably saw the
0:24 headlines. You probably saw the official
0:26 statement. The president of the United
0:28 States stood at a podium and said this
0:30 was about national security, about
0:32 stopping drug cartels, about protecting
0:35 democracy. But that is not what this was
0:37 about. This was about oil. This was
0:39 about the petro dollar. And this was
0:40 about sending a message to every country
0:43 on earth that if you try to sell oil in
0:45 anything other than US dollars, we will
0:47 remove your government by force.
0:49 Venezuela has the largest proven oil
0:51 reserves on the planet. 303 billion
0:53 barrels, more than Saudi Arabia, more
0:55 than Russia, more than Iraq. For 50
0:58 years, Venezuela sold that oil in US
1:00 dollars. But over the past 6 years,
1:02 Venezuela stopped using dollars. They
1:04 started selling to China and yuan. They
1:06 started trading with Russia in rubles.
1:08 They started using barter systems with
1:10 Iran. They walked away from the petro
1:11 dollar. And now their president is in a
1:14 US prison. This is not about democracy.
1:16 This is not about drugs. This is about
1:17 what happens when you challenge the
1:19 foundation of American financial power.
1:22 The petro dollar is not a suggestion. It
1:24 is an enforcement system. And Venezuela
1:26 just became the example. But here is the
1:28 part the US government did not think
1:30 through by invading Venezuela to enforce
1:32 the petro dollar. They just showed every
1:34 other oil producing country exactly what
1:36 the system really is. It is not an
1:38 economic arrangement. It is a protection
1:40 racket backed by military force. And
1:41 when you show the world that the dollar
1:43 system is maintained through invasions
1:45 and regime change, you do not strengthen
1:47 the system. You accelerate its collapse.
1:50 China is watching. Saudi Arabia is
1:52 watching. Russia is watching. And they
1:54 are all asking the same question. If the
1:56 US is willing to invade Venezuela to
1:58 stop dolization, what will they do to
2:00 us? And the answer they are arriving at
2:02 is simple. We need to leave the dollar
2:04 system as fast as possible before we are
2:06 next. In this video, I'm going to show
2:08 you exactly how Venezuela went from
2:10 being a founding member of OPEC and a
2:12 key US oil supplier to a country that
2:13 was invaded for leaving the dollar
2:15 system. I am going to show you the
2:18 27-year timeline from Hugo Chavez taking
2:21 power to US forces landing in Caracus 48
2:23 hours ago. I'm going to show you the
2:26 $800 billion in oil trade that Venezuela
2:27 shifted out of dollars and why that made
2:29 them a target. And I am going to show
2:32 you why the January 3rd invasion is not
2:33 the end of the story. It is the
2:35 beginning of the end of the petrod
2:37 dollar itself. Because when you enforce
2:39 a system through military power, you do
2:42 not get compliance. You get resistance.
2:43 And right now, 14 countries are
2:45 accelerating their plans to exit the
2:47 dollar system. They watched what
2:48 happened to Venezuela, and they are not
2:50 going to let it happen to them. This is
2:52 not financial advice. This is a
2:55 geopolitical analysis of how the United
2:57 States just made the single biggest
2:59 strategic mistake since the Iraq war.
3:01 and you're going to pay for it at the
3:03 gas pump, at the grocery store, and in
3:05 your retirement account. Let me start at
3:07 the beginning because to understand why
3:10 the US invaded Venezuela on January 3rd,
3:12 2026, you need to understand what
3:15 Venezuela was before Hugo Chavez and
3:17 what it became after. Venezuela was
3:19 discovered to have massive oil reserves
3:21 in the early 20th century. By the 1970s,
3:23 Venezuela was one of the founding
3:25 members of OPEC and one of the largest
3:27 oil exporters in the world. Venezuela's
3:29 state oil company PDVSA was supplying
3:31 over 1.5 million barrels per day to US
3:34 refineries. The oil came to Texas and
3:36 Louisiana. It was refined into gasoline
3:38 and diesel. It powered the US economy
3:40 and every single barrel was paid for in
3:42 US dollars. This was the petro dollar
3:44 system. Venezuela produced oil. The US
3:46 bought it in dollars. And Venezuela took
3:48 those dollars and bought US goods, US
3:50 weapons, and US treasury bonds. The
3:52 dollar circulated back to the United
3:54 States. It was a closed loop. Venezuela
3:56 got rich. The US got cheap oil and a
3:59 market for its debt. Everybody won. But
4:01 this system had one requirement.
4:03 Venezuela had to stay inside the dollar
4:05 system. They had to price their oil in
4:07 dollars. They had to accept payment in
4:09 dollars. They had to keep their reserves
4:11 in dollars. If they ever left the dollar
4:13 system, the entire arrangement would
4:15 break down. For decades, this was not a
4:17 problem. Venezuelan presidents
4:19 understood the deal. You stay in the
4:20 dollar system, you get access to US
4:22 markets and protection. You leave the
4:24 dollar system, you become an enemy. It
4:28 was simple and it worked. Then in 1999,
4:30 Hugo Chavez was elected president and he
4:32 did not agree to the deal. Hugo Chavez
4:34 was a former military officer who ran on
4:36 a platform of economic nationalism and
4:38 anti-imperialism. He looked at
4:40 Venezuela's oil wealth and asked a
4:42 simple question. Why are we selling our
4:44 oil to the United States for dollars
4:45 when we could sell it to the highest
4:47 bidder in any currency? Why are we
4:49 allowing US companies to extract profits
4:51 from our resources? Why are we
4:53 integrated into a financial system that
4:55 allows the US to control our economy
4:58 through currency and debt? In 2000,
5:00 Chavez made his first major move. He
5:02 traveled to Iraq and met with Saddam
5:03 Hussein. This was during the sanctions
5:06 era when the US had isolated Iraq.
5:07 Chavez shook hands with Saddam on
5:09 television and announced that Venezuela
5:11 would sell oil to Iraq in exchange for
5:14 goods, not dollars, barter. This was a
5:16 direct challenge to the petro dollar. In
5:18 2001, Chavez pushed through a new
5:20 hydrocarbons law that gave the
5:22 Venezuelan government majority control
5:24 over all oil projects in the country. US
5:26 oil companies like Exxon Mobile and Kico
5:28 Phillips, which had operated in
5:29 Venezuela for decades, were told they
5:31 had to give up majority ownership or
5:34 leave. Most of them left. In 2005,
5:36 Chavez began selling oil to China under
5:38 long-term contracts. The terms were
5:39 simple. China would provide
5:41 infrastructure loans and investments.
5:43 Venezuela would repay the loans in oil,
5:45 no dollars involved. This was the
5:47 beginning of the Venezuela China oil for
5:48 loans program that would eventually
5:51 reach 60 billion. In 2006, Chavez
5:53 announced that Venezuela would sell oil
5:55 to Cuba at subsidized rates in exchange
5:57 for Cuban doctors and teachers. Again,
6:01 no dollars. Barter. In 2007, Chavez
6:02 pulled Venezuela out of the
6:04 International Monetary Fund and the
6:06 World Bank. He said these institutions
6:08 were tools of US economic control. He
6:10 paid off all of Venezuela's debts to
6:11 them and stopped participating in their
6:14 programs. By 2008, Chavez was openly
6:15 calling for the end of the petro dollar.
6:17 He gave speeches at the United Nations
6:19 saying that the world should create a
6:20 new reserve currency to replace the
6:22 dollar. He proposed a South American
6:24 currency called the Sukri to facilitate
6:27 trade without dollars. He was building
6:29 alliances with Iran, Russia, and China
6:30 based on the idea of creating a
6:32 non-dollar trading block. And the US
6:34 government watched all of this and
6:36 realized they had a problem. Venezuela
6:37 was not just leaving the petrod dollar.
6:39 They were actively trying to build an
6:41 alternative system and convince other
6:42 countries to join them. If other oil
6:45 exporters followed Venezuela's lead, the
6:46 entire petro dollar system would
6:48 collapse. But the US did not invade in
6:51 2008. They tried regime change through
6:53 other means. In 2002, there was a coup
6:55 attempt against Chavez. He was briefly
6:57 removed from power. The US denied
6:59 involvement, but it was later confirmed
7:01 that the CIA had provided support to the
7:03 coup plotters. The coup failed. Chavez
7:06 returned to power within 48 hours. The
7:08 US tried again in 2004 with a recall
7:09 referendum. They funded opposition
7:11 groups. They used NOS's and media
7:13 campaigns to try to turn the Venezuelan
7:15 people against Chavez. The referendum
7:18 failed. Chavez won with 59% of the vote.
7:20 So, the US moved to economic warfare. If
7:22 they could not remove Chavez directly,
7:24 they would strangle the Venezuelan
7:25 economy until the people removed him
7:28 themselves. Hugo Chavez died of cancer
7:30 in 2013. His vice president, Nicholas
7:32 Maduro, took over. Maduro continued
7:34 Chavez's policies. He continued moving
7:36 away from the dollar. He continued
7:37 strengthening ties with China and
7:39 Russia. And the US continued trying to
7:41 remove him. In 2015, President Obama
7:43 declared Venezuela a national security
7:45 threat and imposed the first round of
7:47 sanctions. These were targeted sanctions
7:50 on specific Venezuelan officials, but
7:51 they signaled the beginning of a
7:54 coordinated economic attack. In 2017,
7:55 the Trump administration massively
7:57 escalated the sanctions. Here is what
7:59 they did. They banned US companies from
8:01 buying Venezuelan oil. This immediately
8:03 cut off Venezuela's largest customer.
8:06 The US had been buying 500,000 barrels
8:08 per day from Venezuela. That is 13.7
8:11 billion per year in oil revenue at $75
8:14 per barrel gone overnight. They froze
8:16 all Venezuelan government assets held in
8:18 US banks. Venezuela had approximately $7
8:21 billion in dollar denominated accounts
8:24 in the US financial system. Frozen.
8:26 Venezuela could not access its own
8:28 money. They prohibited US companies from
8:30 providing insurance, shipping, or
8:31 financial services to Venezuelan oil
8:33 tankers. This made it nearly impossible
8:35 for Venezuela to sell oil to anyone
8:37 because most international shipping and
8:39 insurance is denominated in dollars and
8:42 facilitated by US or European companies.
8:43 Even if China wanted to buy Venezuelan
8:45 oil, getting that oil from Venezuela to
8:48 China required ships, insurance, and
8:50 payment systems that were now prohibited
8:52 from working with Venezuela. They banned
8:53 Venezuela from issuing new debt in US
8:56 markets. This cut Venezuela off from
8:57 international capital markets. They
8:59 could not borrow money to finance
9:01 government operations or oil production.
9:03 And most devastatingly, they prohibited
9:05 US companies from selling spare parts,
9:08 equipment, or technology to PDVSA.
9:09 Venezuela's oil infrastructure was built
9:11 with American equipment. The refineries,
9:14 the drilling rigs, the pumps, all of it
9:15 required American parts and expertise to
9:18 maintain. When the US banned the sale of
9:20 these parts, Venezuela's oil production
9:22 began collapsing. The numbers tell the
9:24 story. In 2016, before sanctions,
9:27 Venezuela was producing 2.4 million
9:29 barrels per day. By 2020, production had
9:32 fallen to 500,000 barrels per day, an
9:35 80% collapse. Oil revenue fell from 56
9:38 billion per year to 11 billion per year.
9:40 The economy imploded. Hyperinflation hit
9:43 1.7 million% at its peak. People were
9:45 starving. The country was in crisis. The
9:47 US government said this was about
9:49 democracy and human rights. But let me
9:50 show you the comparison that proves this
9:53 was about the petro dollar. Iran,
9:54 heavily sanctioned for decades,
9:57 currently under massive sanctions. Why?
9:59 Because Iran sells oil in non-dollar
10:01 currencies and challenges US dominance.
10:03 Iran's human rights record is worse than
10:05 Venezuela's. But the primary issue is
10:07 not human rights. It is oil and the
10:09 dollar. Russia sanctions intensified
10:12 after 2022. Why? Because Russia began
10:14 demanding payment for oil and gas in
10:17 rubles, not dollars. The US said it was
10:19 about Ukraine, but look at the financial
10:22 warfare. They froze $300 billion in
10:24 Russian reserves. They cut Russia out of
10:25 Swift. They targeted Russian oil
10:28 exports. This is dollar enforcement.
10:30 Saudi Arabia. Terrible human rights
10:32 record. Killed a journalist. Bombs
10:36 Yemen. No sanctions. Why? Because Saudi
10:38 Arabia sells oil exclusively in dollars
10:39 and recycles those dollars into US
10:42 Treasury bonds. Saudi Arabia is inside
10:44 the petrod dollar system. Therefore,
10:46 Saudi Arabia is an ally. No matter what
10:49 they do, the pattern is clear. If you
10:51 sell oil in dollars, you are protected.
10:52 If you sell oil in anything other than
10:54 dollars, you are sanctioned, isolated,
10:56 and regime changed. This is not about
10:58 human rights. This is about maintaining
11:00 the petro dollar. And Venezuela
11:02 understood this. So, they made a choice.
11:04 If the US is going to sanction us and
11:06 try to destroy our economy anyway, we
11:08 might as well completely abandon the
11:10 dollar and build an alternative system.
11:12 Here's what Venezuela did between 2017
11:15 and 2025. They sold oil to China in
11:17 Yuan. China became Venezuela's largest
11:19 customer, buying approximately 500,000
11:22 barrels per day by 2024. All
11:26 transactions in Yuan, $0. That is 13.7
11:28 billion per year in non-dollar oil
11:31 sales. They sold oil to India in rupees.
11:33 India needed cheap oil and was willing
11:35 to ignore US sanctions. India bought
11:38 200,000 barrels per day, paid in rupees.
11:40 That is $5.5 billion per year in
11:42 non-dollar sales. They sold oil to
11:45 Russia in a barter system. Venezuela
11:47 shipped oil to Russia. Russia shipped
11:48 wheat, machinery, and military equipment
11:51 to Venezuela. No currency involved.
11:53 Direct barter. This circumvented
11:55 sanctions entirely. They created
11:56 bilateral payment systems with Iran,
11:59 Cuba, and Nicaragua. These countries all
12:01 faced USA sanctions. They built clearing
12:03 mechanisms to trade with each other
12:05 without using dollars. Venezuela traded
12:08 oil for Iranian gasoline and chemicals.
12:10 The value was approximately $2 billion
12:12 per year. They launched the pro, a
12:14 cryptocurrency supposedly backed by
12:17 Venezuelan oil reserves. The pro was an
12:18 attempt to create a digital currency
12:19 that could be used for international
12:21 trade without touching the dollar
12:23 system. It failed to gain significant
12:25 adoption, but it showed the direction
12:27 Venezuela was moving. They negotiated
12:28 debt repayments to China and oil, not
12:30 dollars. Venezuela owed China
12:32 approximately $20 billion from
12:33 infrastructure loans made during the
12:35 Chavez era. Instead of repaying in
12:37 dollars, Venezuela repaid in oil
12:39 shipments. This was oil for debt, not
12:43 oil for dollars. Add it all up. By 2025,
12:45 Venezuela was selling approximately
12:47 900,000 barrels per day in non-dollar
12:50 currencies and barter arrangements. At
12:54 $75 per barrel, that is $24.7 billion in
12:56 annual oil sales that were not using the
12:58 US dollar. For a country with the
12:59 world's largest oil reserves, this was
13:02 unacceptable to the United States. But
13:04 Venezuela was not alone. They were part
13:07 of a broader trend. Russia was selling 5
13:08 million barrels per day in non-dollar
13:11 currencies. Iran was selling 1.5 million
13:14 barrels per day in yuan and euros. Saudi
13:15 Arabia was negotiating with China to
13:18 accept yuan for portions of oil sales.
13:20 The petro dollar was not just losing
13:22 Venezuela. It was losing its grip on the
13:24 entire global oil market. By late 2025,
13:27 an estimated 15% of global oil trade was
13:29 occurring in non-dollar currencies. That
13:32 is approximately $410 billion per year
13:36 out of 2 74 trillion in total global oil
13:38 sales. The trend was accelerating.
13:40 Projections suggested this could reach
13:44 25 to 30% by 2020 set. And then on
13:47 December 28th, 2025, China and Venezuela
13:49 announced a new agreement, $80 billion
13:52 over 5 years. China would rebuild
13:54 Venezuela's oil infrastructure. In
13:57 exchange, Venezuela would supply 1.2
13:59 million barrels per day to China. All
14:02 transactions in UN. This was the
14:04 breaking point because this deal was not
14:05 just about oil sales. It was about
14:07 infrastructure. China was investing in
14:09 Venezuela's long-term production
14:11 capacity. They were building refineries,
14:13 pipelines, ports. They were integrating
14:15 Venezuela into the yuan system
14:17 permanently. This was not a temporary
14:19 arrangement. This was China locking in
14:21 the world's largest oil reserve outside
14:23 the dollar system for decades. The US
14:25 government made a decision. If we allow
14:27 this to proceed, if we allow China to
14:30 lock in Venezuela's 303 billion barrels
14:32 of reserves in Yuan, the petro dollar
14:34 will be finished. Other countries will
14:36 follow. Saudi Arabia will flip. The
14:38 entire system will collapse. So on
14:42 January 3rd, 2026, they invaded. At 3:47
14:44 a.m. local time, US special operations
14:46 forces landed at multiple locations in
14:48 Caracus. The operation was conducted
14:51 under title 10 military authority, not
14:53 title 50 covert action, meaning this was
14:55 an acknowledged military operation, not
14:58 a secret CIA mission. The stated
14:59 objective was the arrest of Nicholas
15:01 Maduro under a 2020 US federal
15:03 indictment for drug trafficking and
15:05 naroterrorism. The US claimed that
15:06 Maduro was working with Colombian drug
15:08 cartels to smuggle cocaine into the
15:10 United States. They said this was a law
15:12 enforcement operation to bring a
15:14 criminal to justice. But the operation
15:16 was conducted by US military special
15:19 forces, not law enforcement. This was an
15:21 act of war disguised as law enforcement.
15:23 Maduro was captured at the presidential
15:25 palace. He was immediately transported
15:27 to a US military aircraft and flown out
15:30 of Venezuela. He is currently being held
15:32 at a US federal detention facility
15:34 awaiting trial. The US government
15:37 immediately recognized Juan Guyaido, who
15:38 had claimed to be interim president
15:40 since 2019 as the legitimate president
15:42 of Venezuela. Guyaido had been living in
15:45 exile. The US flew him back to Caracus
15:47 on January 4th. The official statement
15:49 from the White House said, quote,
15:51 "Today, the United States took decisive
15:53 action to dismantle a naroterrorist
15:55 regime that has caused immeasurable
15:57 suffering to the Venezuelan people and
15:58 threatens the security of the Western
16:00 Hemisphere. Nicholas Maduro is a
16:03 criminal, not a president. His arrest is
16:05 an act of justice, not an act of war.
16:06 The rest of the world saw it
16:08 differently. China issued a statement
16:10 calling the operation an illegal
16:11 invasion and a violation of
16:14 international law. They said the US had
16:16 quote kidnapped a sitting head of state
16:18 and demanded his immediate release. They
16:20 announced they were suspending all
16:22 diplomatic talks with the United States.
16:24 Russia called an emergency session of
16:26 the UN Security Council. They introduced
16:28 a resolution condemning the US action
16:30 and demanding withdrawal. The US vetoed
16:33 it, but the vote was 14 to1 with only
16:36 the US voting no. Even traditional US
16:38 allies like France abstained. The United
16:40 Nations General Assembly held an
16:43 emergency debate. 147 countries voted in
16:45 favor of a resolution condemning the
16:48 operation as a violation of sovereignty.
16:50 The US and four other countries voted.
16:53 Number 28 countries abstained. But the
16:56 condemnations do not matter. The UN
16:58 resolutions do not matter. What matters
17:01 is what happens next because the US now
17:03 controls Venezuela. They have installed
17:05 a friendly government and the first
17:07 thing that government will do is restore
17:09 Venezuela's oil sales to the dollar
17:12 system. Within days, acting President
17:13 Guyaido announced that all future
17:15 Venezuelan oil contracts will be
17:17 denominated in US dollars. The China
17:20 deal is suspended pending review. PDVSA
17:22 will resume sales to US refineries.
17:24 Venezuela is being brought back into the
17:26 petrod dollar system by force. But here
17:28 is the problem. The message this sends
17:30 to the rest of the world is not the
17:32 petro dollar is strong. The message is
17:34 the petro dollar is enforced through
17:35 military invasions. And when you show
17:37 the world that your currency system is
17:39 maintained through regime change and
17:41 military force, you do not inspire
17:43 confidence. You inspire fear. And fear
17:45 drives countries to find alternatives as
17:47 quickly as possible. Let me show you
17:49 what happened in global energy markets
17:50 in the 72 hours after the Venezuela
17:53 invasion. Oil prices spiked from 74 per
17:56 barrel on January 2nd to 89 per barrel
17:58 on January 5th. That is a 20% increase
18:01 in 3 days. Why? Because every oil
18:03 exporting country is now wondering if
18:05 they are next. If you are Saudi Arabia
18:06 and you are negotiating with China to
18:09 accept UN, are you now a target? The
18:11 risk premium on oil just went up. The UN
18:13 strengthened against the dollar.
18:15 Normally, when the US projects military
18:17 power, the dollar strengthens, but this
18:20 time the yuan gained 1.8% in 2 days.
18:23 Why? Because China is positioning itself
18:25 as the alternative to a dollar system
18:27 that is maintained through invasions.
18:28 Countries looking to diversify away from
18:32 dollars now see WAN as the safer option.
18:33 Russia announced it is accelerating its
18:35 oil for goods barter programs with
18:37 India, China, and BRICS nations.
18:39 Russia's finance minister said, quote,
18:41 "Venezuela has shown us what happens
18:43 when you depend on the dollar. We will
18:45 not make that mistake." Saudi Arabia
18:47 postponed talks with the US about
18:49 renewing defense commitments. The Saudis
18:51 are reconsidering whether US security
18:53 guarantees are worth staying in the
18:55 petro dollar system if the cost is
18:57 potential invasion. They are now
18:59 accelerating talks with China about
19:02 accepting UAN for 20% of oil sales. OPEC
19:04 issued a statement expressing quote
19:06 grave concern about the use of military
19:08 force to resolve disputes related to
19:10 energy sovereignty. This is diplomatic
19:13 language for we are all targets now. 14
19:15 countries issued a joint statement
19:16 calling for the creation of an
19:18 alternative international payment system
19:20 that does not rely on the US dollar. The
19:22 signatorries included China, Russia,
19:25 Iran, Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia,
19:28 Turkey, and seven others. This is the
19:30 beginning of a formal non-dollar block.
19:31 The invasion of Venezuela was supposed
19:33 to strengthen the petro dollar by
19:35 bringing the world's largest oil reserve
19:37 back into the dollar system. But the
19:39 second order effects are the opposite.
19:41 It is accelerating ddollarization
19:43 because it showed every country that the
19:45 dollar system is not a voluntary
19:47 economic arrangement. It is a coerced
19:49 system backed by military force.
19:51 Countries do not want to be in a system
19:53 where leaving means regime change. Now,
19:54 let me show you the long-term
19:57 implications because this is where it
19:58 gets really bad for the United States.
20:01 Venezuela is now a case study. It is the
20:02 example that will be studied in every
20:04 foreign ministry and central bank in the
20:07 world. The case study is this. A country
20:09 with the world's largest oil reserves
20:11 tried to leave the petro dollar system.
20:14 They sold oil in yuan. They built barter
20:16 systems. They created bilateral payment
20:18 mechanisms. And the US response was to
20:20 invade, remove the government and
20:22 install a puppet regime that brought the
20:24 country back into the dollar system. The
20:26 lesson is clear. The dollar is not
20:27 maintained through economic strength. It
20:29 is maintained through military
20:31 enforcement. This changes everything.
20:33 For 50 years, the dollar was the reserve
20:35 currency because it was the most liquid,
20:37 the most trusted, and the most stable
20:39 currency in the world. Countries held
20:41 dollars because dollars were useful.
20:42 Dollars were accepted everywhere.
20:44 Dollars were backed by the world's
20:46 largest economy. This was soft power.
20:49 This was economic dominance. But now the
20:50 petro dollar is maintained through hard
20:52 power. If you try to leave the system,
20:54 you get invaded. This fundamentally
20:56 changes how countries view the dollar.
20:57 They do not hold dollars because dollars
20:59 are useful. They hold dollars because
21:01 they are afraid of what happens if they
21:02 do not. And when your currency is
21:04 maintained through fear rather than
21:06 economic strength, it is fragile.
21:08 Because the moment countries believe
21:09 they can escape without being invaded,
21:11 they will. And that moment is coming.
21:14 China is providing that escape. The Belt
21:15 and Road Initiative is building
21:18 infrastructure in 150 countries. The
21:19 Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is
21:22 providing development financing. The CIP
21:23 payment system is providing an
21:25 alternative to Swift. China is offering
21:27 countries a way to trade, invest, and
21:29 grow without needing dollars. And
21:31 critically, China is offering military
21:32 protection to countries that join their
21:35 system. The China Russia Iran axis is
21:37 now a counterweight to US power. If you
21:39 are a midsized oil exporter like
21:42 Kazakhstan or Nigeria or Angola and you
21:44 want to sell oil in Yuan, China will
21:47 protect you from US retaliation. They
21:48 may not be able to stop a US invasion,
21:50 but they can make it costly enough that
21:52 the US thinks twice. This is the new
21:54 game. It is not about economics anymore.
21:57 It is about security guarantees. The US
21:59 offers you access to dollar markets in
22:00 exchange for staying in the petrod
22:03 dollar system. China offers you access
22:05 to yuan markets and military protection
22:07 in exchange for leaving the petrod
22:09 dollar system. And after January 3rd,
22:11 more countries are going to take China's
22:13 offer. Here is the timeline for how this
22:17 unfolds. Q1 2026, January to March,
22:19 Venezuela is back in the dollar system,
22:22 but global oil markets are in chaos. Oil
22:25 hits $95 per barrel. Gas prices in the
22:28 US reach 420 per gallon. Countries
22:30 accelerate dd dollarization plans
22:32 quietly to avoid being the next target.
22:36 Q2 2026, April to June. Saudi Arabia
22:38 announces it will accept UAN for 15% of
22:40 oil sales to China. They frame it as
22:42 economic diversification, not a
22:44 political statement. But the result is
22:46 the same. The petro dollar just lost
22:50 Saudi Arabia. Oil hits $15 per barrel.
22:52 The dollar falls 4% against major
22:56 currencies. Q3 2026 July to September.
22:58 Nigeria, Angola, and Kazakhstan
23:00 announced they will sell portions of oil
23:02 in UN. These are smaller exporters, but
23:04 the trend is clear. The dollar's share
23:06 of global oil transactions falls from
23:11 85% to 72% in one quarter. Oil hits $118
23:15 per barrel. US gas prices hit 560 per
23:18 gallon. Q4 2026, October to December.
23:20 The US threatens sanctions against
23:22 countries accepting UN for oil. This
23:25 backfires. More countries see this as
23:27 confirmation that the dollar system is
23:29 coercive. The BRICS nations announced
23:30 the creation of a new reserve currency
23:32 backed by a basket of commodities
23:34 including oil, gold, and rare earth
23:38 minerals. Oil hits $134 per barrel. The
23:41 dollar has fallen 18% from its January
23:43 2026 peak. The dollar's share of global
23:46 reserves falls below 50% for the first
23:48 time since World War II. US import
23:51 prices spike. Inflation hits 11% despite
23:53 a recession. The Fed is trapped. They
23:54 cannot raise rates high enough to fight
23:56 inflation without bankrupting the
23:59 government. Gas prices hit $8 or 20 per
24:01 gallon. The American standard of living
24:03 is collapsing. The US is forced to
24:06 accept a multipolar currency system. The
24:08 dollar remains important but is no
24:10 longer dominant. The era of American
24:11 economic hegemony built on the petrod
24:14 dollar is over. And it ended because the
24:16 US tried to enforce the system through
24:18 military power instead of maintaining it
24:20 through economic strength. The invasion
24:22 of Venezuela on January 3rd, 2026 will
24:24 be remembered as the moment the petro
24:26 dollar died. Not because Venezuela is so
24:28 important, but because the US revealed
24:29 that the system is maintained through
24:31 force. And once you reveal that, the
24:34 system is finished. Now, who wins and
24:36 who loses? The losers are the American
24:39 people. You are going to pay $8 per
24:41 gallon for gas within 18 months. Your
24:44 cost of living is going to rise 35% as
24:46 the dollar falls and import prices
24:48 spike. Your savings will lose 25% of
24:50 their purchasing power. Your retirement
24:52 will be destroyed. You did not invade
24:54 Venezuela, but you are the one who will
24:56 pay the price. The losers are oil
24:58 exporting countries that stay loyal to
25:00 the dollar. If you are Kuwait or the UAE
25:02 and you stay in the petrod dollar
25:04 system, you are now wondering if you
25:05 made the right choice. You could have
25:07 diversified. You could have negotiated
25:09 with China. Instead, you stayed loyal.
25:11 And the reward is watching the dollar
25:13 collapse and your reserves lose value.
25:14 The winners are China and the countries
25:17 that left the dollar system early. China
25:19 locked in energy supplies in Yuan. They
25:21 built an alternative financial system.
25:23 They positioned themselves as the refuge
25:25 for countries fleeing the dollar. When
25:27 the dollar falls 25%, China's yuan gains
25:31 35% in relative value. China wins. The
25:33 winners are countries with hard assets
25:35 and no dollar debt. If you are a country
25:36 with gold reserves, oil reserves, and
25:39 minimal dollar denominated debt, you are
25:40 insulated from the dollar collapse. You
25:42 can trade in alternative currencies. You
25:44 are fine. Everyone else is trapped in a
25:47 collapsing currency system with no exit.
25:49 Now, what do you do as an individual?
25:50 How do you protect yourself from the
25:52 collapse of the petro dollar triggered
25:55 by the Venezuela invasion? First, reduce
25:57 dollar exposure immediately. If you have
26:00 cash and bonds denominated in dollars,
26:02 you're going to lose 25 to 35% over the
26:05 next 24 months. Move 40% of liquid
26:07 assets into foreign currencies. Gold or
26:08 assets that hold value when the dollar
26:12 falls. Second, buy energy stocks. Oil is
26:14 going to $150 per barrel. Energy
26:15 companies are going to make record
26:18 profits. Exxon, Chevron, Koko, Phillips,
26:21 accidental. These companies benefit from
26:23 high oil prices and pay dividends that
26:25 will rise. Third, buy gold and
26:28 commodities. Gold is currently 2,50
26:31 per ounce. Fourth, prepare for higher
26:34 costs. Budget for gas at 7 to8 per
26:37 gallon by late 2027. Budget for food
26:40 costs up 40%, budget for imported goods
26:43 up 35%. This is coming. Fifth, pay
26:45 attention to geopolitics. If the US
26:47 invades another oil exporting country,
26:49 the timeline accelerates. If Saudi
26:51 Arabia announces UAN acceptance, that is
26:53 the trigger. Position yourself before
26:56 the announcements, not after. And sixth,
26:58 understand that this is not temporary.
27:00 The petro dollar is not coming back. The
27:01 system that allowed the US to print
27:04 unlimited money for 50 years is ending.
27:06 What comes next is adjustment. A lower
27:08 standard of living, higher costs, a
27:10 weaker currency. This is the new
27:13 reality. The invasion of Venezuela on
27:15 January 3rd, 2026 was sold as a law
27:17 enforcement operation against a
27:19 naroterrorist. But what it really was
27:21 was the last desperate act of an empire
27:23 trying to hold on to a monetary system
27:25 that is collapsing. They invaded a
27:26 country to force it back into the dollar
27:28 system. They showed the world that the
27:30 petro dollar is maintained through
27:32 military power, not economic strength.
27:34 And in doing so, they accelerated the
27:36 very thing they were trying to prevent.
27:38 Countries are now racing to leave the
27:39 dollar system before they become the
27:42 next Venezuela. The petro dollar is
27:45 dying. Not in 10 years, not in 5 years,
27:48 right now. And you have 12 to 18 months
27:50 before the full weight of this hits your
27:52 wallet. You have been warned. The age of
27:54 the petro dollar is ending. The age of
27:56 dollar dominance is ending. And what
27:58 comes next is a multi-polar world where
28:01 the US is one power among several, not
28:03 the dominant power. Your cost of living
28:05 is about to double. Your savings are
28:06 about to lose a third of their value.
28:08 And there's nothing you can do to stop
28:10 it. But you can protect yourself if you
28:13 act now. Smash that like button.
28:15 Subscribe to this channel. Because in
28:17 the next video, I'm going to show you
28:18 what happens when the government
28:20 realizes the dollar is collapsing and
28:23 they start looking for assets to seize.
28:26 And the target is your 401k, $7.3
28:28 trillion in retirement accounts. And
28:30 there is already legal authority to
28:32 confiscate it. Argentina did it. Poland
