Considering that Saudi Arabia did not renew the exclusive contract for the use of the dollar in its operations, which, besides being a major blow to the US, could open opportunities for other countries to do the same.
Knowing this, the US attacks Iran, presuming that Iran would attack the GCC countries, thus halting their oil and derivative sales operations. With this, the US recovers a good portion of global trade for itself, using Venezuela as a supplier, in addition to probably re-establishing dollar exclusivity with the GCC for fear of the war continuing.
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