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Bring it home. US can't be trusted anymore. Bring it home.

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What do you mean by anymore? The US can't be trusted with gold since 1971.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_shock

It's probably too late now. Tbag's financial philosophy has been that everything in his pocket is his. This has historically included all unpaid contracts, all campaign contributions and large segments of the US budget. I don't think it's a stretch to suggest that if he lives long enough it will also include the Putinesque concept that everything deposited in his country's banks is also his to take when needed. I'm willing to bet he's already looking that far ahead and won't allow European wealth to be repatriated under any circumstances.

*can’t be taken advantage of anymore easily

You mean "the gold of others in your hands?" ... Yes, that's the idea of "bring it home", so no one gets an advantage of except the owner.

You never know what the orange man will propose in the next hour.

But I'm with you. I wouldn't call it "advantage taking" though. I rather would call it a friendship based on "trust, reliance and opportunities" for all. Now, we see, it was wrong. The US can't be trusted anymore. It was an egoistic and toxic relationship - I'm happy it has an ending, now.

People are taking advantage of the US by asking the US to hold their gold?

Let me guess who you voted for.

*is now actively hostile toward her allies

*and inexplicably treats most of its enemies better than it treats its allies

* can’t be considered a valued friend and mutually beneficial ally anymore at all

If you're the largest debtor in the world, you clearly got taken advantage of by everyone.

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