gfp: America has squandered its "extraordinary privilege" with having the Dollar as the Reserve currency. Our profligate money printing and our using the Dollar system as a weapon against those countries we disagree with is coming back to bite us on the ass. The world is fed up with our bullshit, our demented puppet President, our interferences into the affairs of other nations, etc. The new gold backed currency will prove to be very popular. The switch may occur faster than we think. As the average standard of living in the EU and in North America slides away.