{"id":55204,"date":"2026-03-13T15:40:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=55204"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:50:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:50:21","slug":"petrodollar-collapse-is-the-almighty-dollar-about-about-to-be-dethroned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=55204","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b><span style=\"color: #008000;\">PETRODOLLAR COLLAPSE<\/span>: <i><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Is the Almighty Dollar about to be dethroned?<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>OP-ED: The United States just Lost the Entire Middle East; The U.S. Dollar is DONE&#8212;But Nobody is Talking About it<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->Hal Turner<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While everyone is watching the bombs fall on Iran, something FAR more dangerous just happened behind closed doors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reuters confirms Gulf states are now &#8220;reassessing their security dependence on Washington&#8221; and actively considering new regional security arrangements \u2014 with\u00a0<b><strong>IRAN<\/strong><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let that sink in.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>The countries America swore to protect are now planning to partner with the country America is currently bombing.<\/li>\n<li>Gulf states realized the U.S. cannot protect their oil, gas, or sovereignty during wartime<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0The cost to Gulf economies described as &#8220;staggering&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Gulf Research Center says the U.S. failed to secure a SINGLE guarantee for its allies<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0They&#8217;re now accelerating diversification of ALL security partnerships \u2014 away from Washington<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S. has had military bases in the Gulf since 1991 \u2014 35 years of &#8220;protection&#8221; \u2014 gone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">America&#8217;s entire Middle East strategy depends on Gulf cooperation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the Gulf pivots to Iran, Russia, and China \u2014 U.S. dollar dominance in oil is finished.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And once the Dollar is no longer the means of buying and selling oil, the Dollar itself is finished.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The media is showing you missile strikes and aircraft carriers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They&#8217;re not showing you America&#8217;s closest allies quietly walking out the back door.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&#8217;s how this ends. Step by step:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 1 \u2192 Gulf states sign bilateral security deals with China and Russia. Already in progress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 2 \u2192 Saudi Arabia starts accepting yuan for oil. The petrodollar dies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 3 \u2192 U.S. military bases in Qatar, Bahrain, UAE get &#8220;reviewed&#8221; \u2014 diplomatic language for EVICTION.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 4 \u2192 Iran gets rehabilitated as a regional partner instead of an enemy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 5 \u2192 America loses its grip on the most energy-rich region on Earth \u2014 permamently.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You don&#8217;t &#8220;reassess security dependence&#8221; on your protector when you feel safe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You reassess when your protector just started a war on your doorstep without asking you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And you only talk to the enemy when you&#8217;ve already decided your protector is the bigger threat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trump wanted to project strength. Instead he proved to every Gulf nation that America is an unreliable partner\u00a0who will torch the entire region for its own agenda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Gulf isn&#8217;t diversifying. They&#8217;re building an EXIT PLAN. And once that door opens, it CANNOT be closed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prepare accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/halturnerradioshow.com\/index.php\/component\/content\/article\/op-ed-the-united-states-just-lost-the-entire-middle-east-the-u-s-dollar-is-done-but-nobody-is-talking-about-it\">https:\/\/halturnerradioshow.com\/index.php\/component\/content\/article\/op-ed-the-united-states-just-lost-the-entire-middle-east-the-u-s-dollar-is-done-but-nobody-is-talking-about-it<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OP-ED: The United States just Lost the Entire Middle East; The U.S. Dollar is DONE&#8212;But Nobody is Talking About it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}