"It's interesting how fast this development is occurring to move away from the dollar. It's kind of accelerating around the world. You know, [Brazilian President] Lula and the economies themselves, South America, you know, are doing the same thing. […] More countries will start using alternative international payments system to the US-dominated Swiss system. So the US global economic trading empire here is in deep doo-doo and this trend will continue," he stated.
"Africa, which was pretty much just a knee-jerk response to US and Europe policies, is now going its own way and saying no. So there's a lot of interest across Africa multiplying to go more independent, you know, from the global capitalist US empire," outlined Rasmus.
"I think the train has left the station. I don't think the US can do much about it," he noted.
"You've got to remember what precipitated all of this. US sanctions did it. [...] So it's the sanctions left by the administration, history will show, shot itself in both feet with the sanctions," the expert stated.