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France pulls last gold held in US for $15B gain (www.mining.com)

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 168 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Germany should do the same, why haven't they already?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/24/repatriate-the-gold-german-economists-advise-withdrawal-from-us-vaults

USA no longer deserves to be the financial center of the world they've been for many years.
Gold reserves, petro dollar, global reserve currency, and as collateral damage, the continued flood of brain power coming from around the world will stop. It will all collapse because the American population is too stupid to elect an even somewhat sensible government.

It's kind of sad, because the ideals USA claimed to protect were fine, it just turned out to be a lie. And now they are not even protected but are falling apart inside USA too.

USA no longer deserves our trust, and not even our respect anymore.

[–] deacon@lemmy.world 55 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

As an American I feel like I should be disputing this but all of your points are quite good.

[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I were going to make a list here of just the most outrageous offenses the US has done to US allies in just the last months. But the list kept getting too long for the short witty response I wanted to make...

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

They’re doing it to most Americans too. Just not the rich ones.

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What if you focus on stuff the US didn’t used to do? Because they used to do all the imperialist stuff too, just with more excuses to try justifying it (or, better secrecy).

[–] speckofrust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly. What’s new here is not the anti-democratic imperialism, that’s for sure.

[–] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Like that friend you have who is always nice to you but every time she comes round, kicks your husband in the balls. Eventually it’s enough

[–] postcapitalism@lemmy.today 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's kind of sad, because the ideals USA claimed to protect were fine

Claimed is doing a lot of work here. For many / most periods in U.S. history those claims were clearly demonstrably lies and lip service - as the U.S. continually committed atrocities to its citizens and those abroad in the name of capital power.

Reminds me a bit of the US evangelicals who profusely worship the bible as, but are blatantly and guiltlessly committing mortal sins - see Secretary Pete “Kegs Breath” for a nice example.

It’s a very American phenomenon

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

As a European and USA being the major part in saving us from Nazism in WW2, and the Marshall help after, we tended to believe in USA as a force for good. And the moon landing in 69 demonstrated the American superiority at the time. So we chose to support the American global dominance because we had similar ideals of democracy and human rights. In EU today respecting human rights is even part of the requirements to be a member. Unfortunately USA has forgotten the ideals, and are now using their strength exclusively to serve the interests of the 1%.

USA blockading Cuba is an example, Cuba did nothing to deserve that, Trump probably wants to build big hotels and holiday resorts.
And yes it is double standards, like insanely immoral Christians that celebrate taking away healthcare from people, and killing brown people. Ironically a lot of those Christians are brown too?!!

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

and USA being the major part in saving us from Nazism in WW2

The soviets toppled Hitler.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Okay, but the Soviets were bad because they did Evil Communism. So what they did during WW2 doesn't count.

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

I know you're kidding but a significant portion of people around here believe something similar without any irony

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They too had help from USA. Soviet only defended themselves, and instated another almost as bad regime throughout the countries they occupied.
There is no comparison.

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They too had help from USA.

Yes, they did. I never implied otherwise.

Soviet only defended themselves,

What? They literally invaded Berlin. Arrived days before the americans.

and instated another almost as bad regime throughout the countries they occupied.

So you say. You're entitled to have your own opinion.

There is no comparison.

You're free to keep idolizing the USA too. Their propaganda is really good.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://www.vox.com/2014/6/16/5814270/the-successful-70-year-campaign-to-convince-people-the-usa-and-not

tl;dr in 1945 nobody was confused that the USSR defeated the Nazis, it took until the 1990s for this perception to shift to the belief the US defeated the Nazis.

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

And we have the biggest propaganda machine ever built to thank for that, Hollywood

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

And yes it is double standards, like insanely immoral Christians that celebrate taking away healthcare from people, and killing brown people. Ironically a lot of those Christians are brown too?!!

They might think they are Christians, but they'd be wrong. They are Mammonites.

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[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

The petrodollar has about a year left, maybe.

Trump's second greatest gift to his master, Putin. The first was destroying the GOP.

[–] unpossum@sh.itjust.works 36 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Due to rising gold prices, the move helped the bank to generate a capital gain of €13 billion ($15 billion), bringing it to a net profit of €8.1 billion for the 2025 financial year after a net loss of €7.7 billion in 2024.

If they sold gold in New York to buy gold in Europe, how did they turn a profit? Is this some accounting magic I’m too poor to understand?

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 65 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

"they simply sold the older, less pure gold bars in New York for what they were worth in U.S. dollars as gold prices were reaching all-time highs, then pocketed the cash and bought bars that met their updated weight and purity standards in Europe, as prices conveniently pulled back."
-https://www.kitco.com/news/article/2026-04-06/bank-france-sells-its-129-tonne-us-gold-reserve-then-buys-it-back-europe

[–] unpossum@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

Hah, nice. Thank you for the link.

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds more like they dumped a bunch into circulation when prices were high. Then bought the dip.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Well, in Accounting terms, once you sell your investment you have realized the gains on it (and if you're a person or a company, are now liable to pay tax on those gains), even if you use the money from the sale to buy the same thing again.

Gains on an investment which hasn't been sold yet are unrealized gains (in common parlance "paper gains") and don't really count in accounting terms until you sell that investment so you don't have to pay tax on it.

Amongst other things billionaires use this to pay no tax when the share value of the companies they own goes up: if they need money rather than sell their share holdings they take loans using the shares as collateral, and because the shares aren't sold any gains aren't realized, hence no tax is due.

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They just effectively moved it. It wasn't a profit generating activity, just a kind of organizing/maintenance activity.

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Enron?

[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Dunno and didn't read article, but buy in Europe first, prices go up, sell in USA last.

[–] tacoplease@lemmy.world 34 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Before Trump steal it.

[–] xav@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

Seeing how efficient he is with Iran, not much to fear.

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 19 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

What's up with that body text? I assumed they're always manually written by whoever submits the post

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Lemmy automation that doesn't work. As a poster you can do nothing. The worst kind of automation there is.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It all looks good on my end. Could be the app I use corrects it in translation tho.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Are you claiming to not see this?:

ERROR: The request could not be satisfied www.mining.com

[–] trevdog@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

fwiw I don't see that anywhere

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

OK, but in the standard web interface it's there, maybe the app removers it, because it's an automatically added text, that more often than not is irrelevant.