DISINFO: The US uses the war in Ukraine to maintain the status of the dollar
SUMMARY
Western corporations dragged Ukraine into a war with Russia to instigate the development of the hydrocarbon markets. The most effective action that Donald Trump could undertake to bring peace to Ukraine, in case he becomes the next US president, is to decrease US arms supplies. The US oligarchy has, however, urged him, through the failed assassination attempt, to be inert in that respect. The US principal goal concerning the war in Ukraine is to maintain the US dollar which might be shaken by abrupt termination of military actions. The war is a life-saving belt for the EU, used to constantly raise the national debt ceiling.
RESPONSE
This is a groundless conspiracy aimed at promoting a narrative about the belligerent West and deflecting Moscow's responsibility for the war of aggression against Ukraine. It also promotes the conspiracy concerning Donald Trump’s first assassination attempt and is consistent with a recurring disinformation narrative about the imminent collapse of Western economies, the US economy in this case. During the 2023 debt ceiling talks in the US disinformation sources alleged, among other things, that the war in Ukraine is a US tool to hide the financial catastrophe.
Russia’s political leadership decided to start the brutal large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It has been inventing explanations and pretexts for its aggression since the beginning of hostilities. In response to Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked aggression, a broad coalition of more than 50 nations are providing Ukraine with military and technical assistance with the aim of repelling Russia's aggression.
Multiple disinformation claims alleged that ‘Deep State’ placed a bet against Donald Trump and even attempted to assassinate him: "Deep state" will likely try again to get Trump out of the way; Deep State failed to kill Trump, could try again; “Deep state” is undoubtedly behind the attempted assassination of Trump. See our analysis of how Kremlin disinformation targets US elections.
Concerning the US dollar’s position in the global financial system, whereas India, China, and other countries have lately accelerated their plans to pay for commodities in non-dollar currencies, there is scientific consensus that talk about "global de-dollarisation" and US dollar’s decline is rather premature. See discussions about it here and here. At present, the US dollar is estimated at 88% of all international transactions while e.g. the figure for Chinese yuan is around 7%.
See earlier disinformation cases claiming that the war in Ukraine is a US’s war against China and the means to save US dollar, that the US wants to save the dollar from collapsing by provoking a war between Europe and Russia, and that the American war in Ukraine is a tool to hide the financial catastrophe in the US.