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Should Germany Pull Its Gold Out of the U.S.?
moneymetals ^ | 04 01 2025 | Mike Maharrey

Posted on 04/02/2025 9:52:40 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

Can the U.S. be trusted with German gold?

That’s a question being asked by some German officials.

Germany ranks second in gold reserves behind the U.S. It officially holds 3,352 tonnes of gold with about 1,236 tonnes (37 percent) held in Federal Reserve vaults in the U.S.

Some are wondering whether holding over €100 billion in gold so far away is wise, given the geopolitical climate.

European Taxpayers’ Association spokesperson Michael Jäger told The Bild that Germany should bring that gold home.

“The Bundesbank and the federal government must show foresight in this phase of global political power shifts and immediately bring back German gold from the USA. Especially at a time when immense new debt is being discussed in Berlin and Brussels, we need immediate access to all gold reserves in an emergency.”

Jäger said at the very least, the German government should “conduct a review of the reserves” held in New York and run physical tests on the bars.

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1 posted on 04/02/2025 9:52:40 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

If you don’t hold it, you don’t own it.


2 posted on 04/02/2025 9:55:51 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: yesthatjallen

If I was Germany I would pull it if my concern is sanctions of some sort.

The question is why is there German gold in the US?


3 posted on 04/02/2025 9:55:57 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: yesthatjallen
Yeah, well we know where the Germans get their gold...


4 posted on 04/02/2025 9:57:03 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: FreedomNotSafety

I suspect loan security or something.

We loaned the Germans a huge sum prior to the Nazis taking power to shore up the economy.

I doubt they ever paid us back.
Hell, the UK made their final payment for what we loaned them around 06 or so.


5 posted on 04/02/2025 10:06:42 AM PDT by crz
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Wasn’t Germany’s gold at the bottom of the World Trade Center? The reason the “memorial” is two holes in the ground…


6 posted on 04/02/2025 10:12:15 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: yesthatjallen

We could just keep it and tell them we are accepting it as payment for what they owe for the underpayments for their NATO obligations. LOL

Nah, tell them to come get it and we will come get our troops and cancel NATO participation.

Geesh


7 posted on 04/02/2025 10:12:45 AM PDT by dforest
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To: yesthatjallen

Sure, minus reparations for 80 years of babysitting them.


8 posted on 04/02/2025 10:15:10 AM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
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To: yesthatjallen

47 and Musk went on about going to Ft. Knox to see if there was really any gold there. So far they are no-shows.


9 posted on 04/02/2025 10:20:33 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: crz

Nope. That gold is a result of the German trade surplus from around 1950 to around 1970. Apparently it was left in New York due to fear of a Soviet invasion.


10 posted on 04/02/2025 10:23:37 AM PDT by MoraBlack
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To: yesthatjallen

They can’t pull their head out of their ass


11 posted on 04/02/2025 10:24:04 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: BenLurkin

Damn....


12 posted on 04/02/2025 10:24:25 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: yesthatjallen

Germany asked for their gold back when OMuslim was in office and were told it would take 7 years to get it back to them. The obvious belief at the time was that we had leased it out.

If memory serves when they got it back it was not the same gold that they initially delivered for storage. I thought they finally got it back so I’m not sure why they are talking about wanting their gold back. Maybe they only got part of it?


13 posted on 04/02/2025 10:24:51 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: crz

The Germans are trying to steal Russia sovereign wealth so they know that it can happen to them as well. Germany’s big problem is that it is in Europe.


14 posted on 04/02/2025 10:31:50 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck ( )
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To: yesthatjallen

Fight you for it.


15 posted on 04/02/2025 10:36:33 AM PDT by wgmalabama (For rent —)
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To: yesthatjallen

The joke’s on them, there is no gold.


16 posted on 04/02/2025 10:53:22 AM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: BenLurkin

Post of the day.


17 posted on 04/02/2025 10:55:34 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: yesthatjallen

They did years ago.


18 posted on 04/02/2025 11:12:35 AM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: yesthatjallen

Germany, like many other countries stored their gold in the Federal Reserve, as a protection from invasion.


19 posted on 04/02/2025 11:16:13 AM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: FreedomNotSafety

“The question is why is there German gold in the US?”
Because of possible war with the USSR.


20 posted on 04/02/2025 11:57:50 AM PDT by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo)
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