Vance Johnson @vance_cj - Twitter Profile

Pinned Tweet

Vance Johnson @vance_cj

almost 10 years ago

Award winning Passing Strange coming to @ObsidianTheater. Tickets at https://t.co/bVX4LpgED8

0

4

0

vance_cj retweeted

Occupy Democrats

@OccupyDemocrats

about 2 months ago

BREAKING: LOST TRUST! The Netherlands pulls 86 tons of gold from America as Trump’s chaos rattles allies. While Donald Trump is pawning off his new faux-gold $1 coins, real gold that is usually held in US vaults is rapidly fleeing the country. America's reputation as the world's safe haven for wealth is quietly crumbling, and the Netherlands just delivered the receipts. The Dutch central bank has moved 86 metric tons of its national gold reserves out of the United States and Canada, relocating them to London, citing "increasing geopolitical unrest." Yes, it’s come to this. A close American ally decided the safest place for its national gold reserves is no longer America. It's Britain. The warnings preceding this move were blunt. Johan de Ruiter, director of a Dutch auction house specializing in precious metals, told a Dutch newspaper in January that Trump could "refuse to extradite [the gold reserves], impose additional tariffs, or delay the repayment for decades." His conclusion was unambiguous: "We must remove our gold from the US as soon as possible. It is simply no longer safe there." This isn't a small symbolic gesture. The Netherlands holds a total gold stock of 612.4 metric tons, valued at roughly 72.2 billion euros. Before this transfer, nearly a third of it sat in New York, with another fifth in Ottawa. Now both countries combined hold under 20%, while London's share has nearly doubled to become the single largest location for Dutch gold reserves. DNB President Olaf Sleijpen tried to frame this diplomatically, describing it as strengthening "resilience and preparedness" and "spreading risks" rather than a direct rebuke of American stability. But it doesn’t take a genius to read between the lines: a sovereign nation's central bank just made a calculated decision that Trump's erratic governance — his tariff threats, his unpredictable foreign policy swings, his willingness to weaponize economic relationships against allies — poses genuine risk to assets held on American soil. This comes amid a broader pattern of America's traditional allies pulling back. Canada is actively diversifying away from U.S. trade toward China. European nations are increasingly hedging against American unpredictability across finance, defense, and diplomacy alike. When even the institutions managing your closest allies' national treasuries no longer trust the stability of doing business in America, that's not a partisan talking point. That's the global financial system quietly voting with its gold bars. And it does not bode well for the safety of the U.S. currency, the only currency that the vast majority of U.S. citizens have in their savings portfolios, if they’re lucky enough to have one. It’s just another step in Donald Trump’s destruction of the American economy. Please like and share if this makes you angry, scared, or both!