▲ 624 ▼ Netherlands moves 86 tonnes of gold from US and Canada to UK (www.euronews.com) submitted 5 days ago by Tango@piefed.ca to c/world@lemmy.world 136 comments fedilink hide all child comments The transfer was carried out partially by buying and selling and partly by physically transferring gold, the Dutch national bank said.
[–] Snowies@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 days ago* (2 children) Smart move. As an aside, this does not bode well for us hanging onto the dollar as the world reserve currency through 2028 and beyond. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Tango@piefed.ca [S] 3 points 4 days ago* (1 child) Trump doesn't WANT the dollar to be a reserve currency. Not exactly, anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Snowies@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago* It is my firm belief that the only reason a President would want that — would be that he actually was trying to destroy the country, not just on accident through incompetence, but deliberately through malice or undisclosed foreign pressures/influences… Which is the pinnacle of treason, by the way. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SirLeToet@lemmy.world -3 points 3 days ago (1 child) What about the 122 tons of gold the Dutch moved in 2014? Or is this just news because of politics? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Snowies@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago* Maybe we should defer to the Dutch themselves?: 2014 reasoning: “More balanced divisioning and increased public confidence” 2026 reasoning: “Geo-political Unrest” I’m sure your skepticism was “entirely innocent”, right? You just care about the facts of course… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tango@piefed.ca [S] 3 points 4 days ago* (1 child) Trump doesn't WANT the dollar to be a reserve currency. Not exactly, anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Snowies@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago* It is my firm belief that the only reason a President would want that — would be that he actually was trying to destroy the country, not just on accident through incompetence, but deliberately through malice or undisclosed foreign pressures/influences… Which is the pinnacle of treason, by the way. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Snowies@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago* It is my firm belief that the only reason a President would want that — would be that he actually was trying to destroy the country, not just on accident through incompetence, but deliberately through malice or undisclosed foreign pressures/influences… Which is the pinnacle of treason, by the way. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SirLeToet@lemmy.world -3 points 3 days ago (1 child) What about the 122 tons of gold the Dutch moved in 2014? Or is this just news because of politics? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Snowies@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago* Maybe we should defer to the Dutch themselves?: 2014 reasoning: “More balanced divisioning and increased public confidence” 2026 reasoning: “Geo-political Unrest” I’m sure your skepticism was “entirely innocent”, right? You just care about the facts of course… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Snowies@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago* Maybe we should defer to the Dutch themselves?: 2014 reasoning: “More balanced divisioning and increased public confidence” 2026 reasoning: “Geo-political Unrest” I’m sure your skepticism was “entirely innocent”, right? You just care about the facts of course… permalink fedilink source parent