Yanis Varoufakis

But at the same time, let me continue along the lines of my earlier position.

I mentioned Richard Nixon before.

Now, we all know what a flawed character he was.

What a psychopath he was, really.

I mean, he was moody.

He was a very poor excuse for human nature.

And yet, it was under his administration that the world changed.

They blew up the post-war miracle system, the Bretton Woods system, and they replaced it with chaos.

It was designer chaos.

John Connolly, the Treasury Secretary of Richard Nixon, traveled to Europe and effectively did a trump on them.

He said, you know, guys, you're on your own.

The dollar is our currency, but from today it's going to be your huge problem.

I don't give a damn.

You can go and jump.

This is all about maintaining and enhancing American hegemony while at the same time increasing our deficits.

And I'm going to divide the dollar.

Now, you mentioned the use of tariffs by Donald Trump.

Well, he's not the first one to have used tariffs as a ramming rod, as a weapon.

Ronald Reagan in 1985.

Remember the so-called Plaza Accords, the Plaza Debates?