@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:I wonder how the petrodollar features in all this.
There is no such thing as a petrodollar.
izzythepush wrote:Pretty hard for America to extricate itself from that,
We have no need to extricate ourselves from imaginary things.
izzythepush wrote:or maybe the useful idiots think the World should pay for everything in roubles.
If someone chooses to transact only in non-US currencies, that is not a matter of any relevance.
Additionally, while it doesn't matter whether they do or they don't, as long as we are a very large and very stable economy many places will choose to transact in our currency.