US & EU can’t be trusted. Nury Vittachi: Serbia yesterday revealed itself to be most nervous among many countries rushing to remove gold bullion holdings from the west. 美國和歐盟不值得信任. 塞爾維亞昨天表示，在眾多急於從西方撤走金條的國家中，塞爾維亞最為緊張

It is set to become the first country in Eastern Europe to repatriate its entire gold reserve, according to a Bloomberg report.

The Eastern European nation is following in the footsteps of numerous other countries that have repatriated some or most of their gold reserves, formerly stored in the United States or Western Europe.

Countries which have already taken their gold home include Poland, India, Turkey, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania—all nations which no longer trust the west.

Even some countries IN the west are doing the same, with the Netherlands and Germany pulling their gold out of bullion storage units in New York and or London to store them “at home”.

WIDELY MISTRUSTED
The west has become widely mistrusted for weaponizing the global financial system and other international systems to its own advantage—and ignoring censure for its crimes.

• The west froze Russian assets and then stole the interest to spend on weapons, against the advice of many of its own economists and advisors.
• The west weaponized SWIFT, forcing the rest of the world to look to develop an alternative system.
• The west weaponized GPS, inspiring China to create an alternative, BeiDou, which is as good or better.
• The west weaponized the US dollar, sending the BRICS nations on a mission to gradually reset the system so multiple currencies can be used.
• The west used NED and similar bodies to interfere in polls in Eastern European countries and then pushed narratives about “Russian meddling”.
• Western governments are regularly releasing statements lamenting the violence in Gaza and Ukraine—while working to ensure the conflicts continue.

NO SURPRISE
It is thus no surprise that the west, home to only about 13% of the world’s population, is no longer trusted by many in the other 87% of humanity.

Economists in the west repeatedly warned that actions such as spending stolen Russian interest cash or weaponizing SWIFT would lead to global loss of trust. They were ignored, but their calls for caution have proved prescient.