Kyle Risdahl

Marketplace's Elizabeth Troval has more on how the tectonic plates of geoeconomics are shifting.

Marketplace's Elizabeth Troval has more on how the tectonic plates of geoeconomics are shifting.

Trade is increasing, but it's rearranging or realigning.

Trade is increasing, but it's rearranging or realigning.

And what's happening is basically countries are moving on without the United States.

And what's happening is basically countries are moving on without the United States.

We're not a reliable partner anymore.

We're not a reliable partner anymore.

And there's no better example of that than what he's doing with his Greenland tariff issue.

And there's no better example of that than what he's doing with his Greenland tariff issue.

We're a mature, slow-growth economy.

We're a mature, slow-growth economy.

If companies here want to grow fast, they have to export.

If companies here want to grow fast, they have to export.

And what Trump is doing is effectively cutting them off from that.

And what Trump is doing is effectively cutting them off from that.

But if you accelerate the rest of the world's search for an alternative, they're going to find one.

But if you accelerate the rest of the world's search for an alternative, they're going to find one.

And at that point, once the dollar ceases to be the dominant sole global trading and reserve currency, then a lot of things Americans have taken for granted start to go away.

And at that point, once the dollar ceases to be the dominant sole global trading and reserve currency, then a lot of things Americans have taken for granted start to go away.