This project should have seen the light of day on 26 May 2011 at the G8 summit in Deauville (France). The dollar would thus have met its demise as the reserve currency against the backdrop of an imminent cessation of payments on the part of the U.S. Federal Government. Unfortunately, in the final months of this process, military and political initiatives disrupted the plan. DSK’s arrest exposes Washington’s bad faith, and shows that its concessions were a only ploy to gain time.