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Dutch central bank moves share of gold from U.S., Canada to London

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Re: Dutch central bank moves share of gold from U.S., Canada to London

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Post by ben_w »

andsoitis wrote: post #8
kingleopold wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No it's not simple to call "he" did this. WH people, half? of the country supporting him for 2nd time, and wealthy people that donated so much too, it's never "he". Nothing big like that is one persons responsibility. Actions have cons. ? All elected and supported, especially AFTER how he and his supports lead the so many extra deaths in covid. I know your media does not bring facts but truth is out there.

Voters cannot be held accountable for all the specific things the person they elected do. That much should be self-evident.

Anyone can be held accountable for things they are responsible for, the question is how they'll react to being held thusly.

Re: Dutch central bank moves share of gold from U.S., Canada to London

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Post by gwbas1c »

kingleopold wrote: post #5
appleappleapple wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And this lost trust will not suddenly reappear when he leaves office. He has damaged our reputation for a generation

No it's not simple to call "he" did this. WH people, half? of the country supporting him for 2nd time, and wealthy people that donated so much too, it's never "he". Nothing big like that is one persons responsibility. Actions have cons. ? All elected and supported, especially AFTER how he and his supports lead the so many extra deaths in covid. I know your media does not bring facts but truth is out there.

Sadly, the way people vote is more complicated than you might believe. Trump is the symptom of malfunctioning system that doesn't give people good options in the ballot box.

Re: Dutch central bank moves share of gold from U.S., Canada to London

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Post by ButlerianJihad »

GJim wrote: post #18
lemoncookiechip wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unironically true. The average person could care less about following politics, but Europeans live football.

> could care less Surely you mean couldn't care less.

Well, I could care less, personally. I wish I did care less!

Re: Dutch central bank moves share of gold from U.S., Canada to London

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Post by wccrawford »

appleappleapple wrote: post #3
jmclnx wrote: post #2

This shows how much trust in the US has declined due to Trump. Netherlands is not the only or first country to do this, other countries have started this too.

And this lost trust will not suddenly reappear when he leaves office. He has damaged our reputation for a generation

And I'd argue that it should.

He opened the door, and I find it very, very unlikely that either side will close it after this. Dems and Reps will both use this to take control in ways that would have been unthinkable prior to Trump's first election. The only way to restore any measure of that trust would be to pass laws that prevent this kind of abuse, and there's no way that politicians will give up power they've gained.

Re: Dutch central bank moves share of gold from U.S., Canada to London

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Post by bell-cot »

maxdo wrote: post #29

Just in time before major European continental war begin. Strategic move. For the context : German airport was officially attacked by Russia . And that’s only one of many incidents. UK is on the radar of official Russian hawks for a very long time

> For the context:

Comparing that German airport "attack" by Russia to the 9/11 attack by Mr. bin Laden - would you say that all gold reserves should have been moved out of the USA back in 2001?

Re: Dutch central bank moves share of gold from U.S., Canada to London

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Post by ben_w »

maxdo wrote: post #29

Just in time before major European continental war begin. Strategic move. For the context : German airport was officially attacked by Russia . And that’s only one of many incidents. UK is on the radar of official Russian hawks for a very long time

More a vs. US strategy than a vs. Russia strategy.

Russia has been weird for a long time, they are doing sub-threshold-of-war attacks for a while now.

But the USA? Outright threatening allies, talking about annexing some of them, making more threats against other allies who make moves to defend those allies? And he's got a known love for gold, started wars without bothering to inform allies he's now trying to punish for failing to provide help that he told them he didn't even want.

Re: Dutch central bank moves share of gold from U.S., Canada to London

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Post by sph »

GJim wrote: post #18
lemoncookiechip wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unironically true. The average person could care less about following politics, but Europeans live football.

> could care less Surely you mean couldn't care less.

I just saw David Mitchell fall to his knees at a Waitrose

Re: Dutch central bank moves share of gold from U.S., Canada to London

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Post by charlieyu1 »

petcat wrote: post #30
kabes wrote: post #26

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Doesn't matter. There's constant bad calls being made by referees. It shouldn't be, but their humans and make mistakes and it's part of the game. But only the mistake against the US got corrected.

How are we explaining Ronaldo not being required to serve his remaining 2-match suspensions at the start of the games?

Same, FIFA is just corrupt.
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