@Roundandroundwego Serious money is now global and is flowing out.Medical research in particular used to be snapped up and owned by America. Now they seek international partnerships with joint ownership and invest elsewhere..😷

@samueltyler2 Just around the next bend..😷

@Picklebobble2 Several European nations had their gold stored in the US Federal reserve for safety, hedging against a conflict in Europe. Italy, France and Germany have all "repatriated" gold, the concensus being that it may be safer at home than in America. My information is that Germany was the first to request some of its gold back and it took over two years to actually get the deal done. While France was "encouraged" to actually sell its gold (at a handsome profit I might add) to America, rather than take physical delivery in an "Italian Job" style operation. Murmurs persist that none of these countries actually sighted their gold during these procedures..Leading to speculation it was double counted as part of the US stockpile..😷

@whowasthatmaskedman Yes having seen the Trump responses when this first became an issue i wondered if he or the U.S treasury had 'purloined' it for their own accounting.
Given Trump declaring the gold standard 'dead' in Trump 1.

@Convivial America has been kicking this can since Nixon, putting in more effort each time. This time I think the world is going to call them on it..😷

@whowasthatmaskedman with an interest only bill of one trillion a year it's getting close...

@Convivial And that bill will rise sharply as inflation (which the FED has decided is a lesser evil) takes hold..😷