There are people who talk seriously about the US military backing the dollar, when they can’t even keep the Red Sea open against Houthis and their drones for the better part of a year now.
Literall...
I never heard the story about the US Navy being responsible for policing shipping lanes for global trade until Ziehan started talking about it about a year ago. Maybe its common knowledge in some circles, but its certainly not taught in schools. It seems to me that it has been a thing until people learned it was a thing.