The US Mega-Banks and SWIFT money transfer system for the world's reserve currency are Financial Dreadnoughts in time of currency war.
Le privilège stratégique
“Yet while the rest of the populace was suffering, the rich just got richer. In 2009 and 2010, years in which millions were unable to find work, the top one percent reaped 93 percent of the 'recovery' income, and corporations are making more than they ever did. And the Republicans can still propose even further cuts in the taxes of 'job creators' whose only job creation has been for their own lawyers and lobbyists." Garry Wills