Putin did that because he knows damn well the average American has no idea what US dollar hegemony is, or the role it plays in both our foreign and domestic policy, but the average Russian knows it. They talk about it in foreign media all the time. For example, Putin would have been happy to explain why we just bombed Syria.
No chance in hell Biden's team ever lets that PR disaster occur. Can you imagine if 90% of Democrats suddenly found out that their platform of the last 50 years is the reason we're constantly fighting the wars they claim to hate? They'd each need a decade or two in a cry closet.
Putin did that because he knows damn well the average American has no idea what US dollar hegemony is, or the role it plays in both our foreign and domestic policy, but the average Russian knows it. They talk about it in foreign media all the time. For example, Putin would have been happy to explain why we just bombed Syria.
No chance in hell Biden's team ever lets that PR disaster occur. Can you imagine if 90% of Democrats suddenly found out that their platform of the last 50 years is the reason we're constantly fighting the wars they claim to hate? They'd each need a decade or two in a cry closet.