Agreed, the tariff crap is a cover story.
Another real possibility, besides the COMEX issue you site, is anticipation of a Trump/RonPaul Ft. Knox Audit. The flights to NYC would be followed by over-land shipments to Kentucky, to fill the currently empty Ft Knox vaults for the audit.
And, then once we hear that Ft Knox “has the gold”, Trump/Paul continue with the audit, and uncover the massive fraud of hypothication, re-hypotication, re-re-re-etc-hypothication, blowing the lid off paper gold.
Your suggesting a ‘pass the baby’ scandal?
After Katrina money was given out. Some families were busted passing a baby so the credit for the any could be obtained twice.