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🌍 Countries by Official Central Bank Gold Reserves (2025–2026, in tonnes) $INIT

1. 🇺🇸 United States — ~8,133.5 tonnes (largest in the world) $SYN $XO

2. 🇩🇪 Germany — ~3,351.5 tonnes

3. 🇮🇹 Italy — ~2,451.8 tonnes

4. 🇫🇷 France — ~2,437.0 tonnes

5. 🇷🇺 Russia — ~2,335.9 tonnes

6. 🇨🇳 China — ~2,303.5 tonnes

7. 🇨🇭 Switzerland — ~1,040.0 tonnes

8. 🇮🇳 India — ~880.2 tonnes

9. 🇯🇵 Japan — ~845.9 tonnes

10. 🇳🇱 Netherlands — ~612.5 tonnes

11. 🇹🇷 Turkey — ~615.0 tonnes

12. 🇵🇱 Poland — ~448.2 tonnes

13. 🇵🇹 Portugal — ~382.7 tonnes

14. 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan — ~382.6 tonnes

15. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — ~323.1 tonnes

16. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — ~310.3 tonnes

17. 🇱🇧 Lebanon — ~286.8 tonnes

18. 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan — ~284.1 tonnes

19. 🇪🇸 Spain — ~281.6 tonnes

20. 🇦🇹 Austria — ~280.0 tonnes

21. 🇧🇪 Belgium — ~227.4 tonnes

22. 🇸🇬 Singapore — ~220.0 tonnes

23. 🇩🇿 Algeria — ~173.6 tonnes

24. 🇮🇶 Iraq — ~162.6 tonnes

25. 🇻🇪 Venezuela — ~161.2 tonnes

26. 🇧🇷 Brazil — ~145.1 tonnes

27. 🇪🇬 Egypt — ~126.9 tonnes

28. 🇸🇪 Sweden — ~125.7 tonnes

29. 🇿🇦 South Africa — ~125.4 tonnes

30. 🇲🇽 Mexico — ~120.3 tonnes

📊 Key context: Official gold reserve figures can shift slightly due to central bank purchases, sales, valuation changes, and timing of reporting. However, the U.S. remains far ahead of all others, with Western Europe and major emerging economies like China, India, and Russia making up the next tiers of holders.

Gold reserves play a crucial role in national financial stability, acting as a hedge against inflation and currency risks and helping diversify foreign exchange holdings.

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🚨🚨😱Breaking: Donald Trump Reignites Debate Over U.S.–China Trade Policy
Former President Donald Trump is once again at the center of economic discourse after defending his tough approach to trade with China. Speaking recently, Trump asserted, “No president before me had the courage to take this step. Someone had to act — the situation couldn’t go on as it was.”

He pointed to China’s reported $900 billion annual gain from U.S. trade prior to his administration, calling it a major imbalance. “That had to change,” he said, emphasizing that his administration began shifting the scales in America’s favor.

Trump’s renewed defense of his hardline trade policies has reignited conversations about tariffs, economic nationalism, and the broader impact on global markets. Supporters hail his actions as crucial for protecting American jobs and industries. Detractors argue the approach escalated tensions and caused significant global economic disruptions.

This moment raises a pivotal question:
Was Trump's aggressive trade stance a strategic victory for the U.S., or did it sow more instability than it solved?

If you were steering America’s international trade strategy, would you have chosen the same path—or pursued a more diplomatic course?

Sound off: Was it a bold masterstroke or a risky gamble?
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Zelensky Rejects U.S. Offer Over Mineral Resources, Cites
Security Concerns
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has turned down a U.S. proposal that would have granted the United States a 50% stake in Ukraine’s valuable mineral resources, including crucial materials like graphite, lithium, and uranium. The offer, put forward by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a meeting in Kyiv, was intended as a form of compensation for the significant financial support the U.S. has provided and continues to provide to Ukraine. However, Zelensky deemed the proposal inadequate due to its lack of clear security guarantees for Ukraine. He stated, “I did not allow ministers to sign the agreement because it is not ready. In my opinion, it does not protect us.”
Zelensky’s refusal was further discussed at the Munich Security Conference, where he underscored the need to ensure that any economic agreements involving Ukraine’s resources are tightly linked with robust security assurances. Specifically, he voiced concerns over the proposal’s failure to safeguard Ukraine’s mineral-rich sites from potential Russian aggression. From Zelensky’s perspective, the deal could not be considered complete without measures to secure these assets from attack, given the ongoing conflict with Russia.
The White House responded to Zelensky’s rejection, suggesting that the economic tie-up could have helped strengthen Ukraine’s long-term peace and stability. Despite this, Zelensky has emphasized that Ukraine is preparing its own counterproposal, stressing the need for European involvement in any future discussions regarding Ukraine’s resources and its ongoing conflict with Russia.
This exchange reveals the delicate balance between economic incentives and security needs in international diplomacy, especially when dealing with nations in conflict zones.
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🇺🇸 President Donald J. Trump on American Economic Power
Through tough trade enforcement and strategic tariffs, the United States has generated hundreds of billions in tariff revenue — strengthening America’s fiscal position while protecting domestic industries.
Yet the mainstream media barely mentions it, because it doesn’t fit their narrative.
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But tariffs were never just about revenue.
They restored U.S. leverage in global trade, pushed back against unfair foreign practices, and strengthened national security by reducing reliance on hostile and unstable supply chains.
The outcome?
A financially stronger, strategically tougher, and globally respected America — because American workers, manufacturers, and sovereignty were put first. $TRUMP
This is economic nationalism done right:
👉 Strength through leverage, not weakness through dependence.
🇺🇸 America First isn’t a slogan — it’s policy.
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🚨 CHINA JUST CORNERED A METAL WALL STREET HAS NEVER HEARD OF
And it’s about to rewrite the rules of global supply chains.

📅 On February 4, 2025, Beijing quietly restricted exports of bismuth.
What happened next was a masterclass in supply chain power:

→ Prices surged 600% in 6 weeks — from $6 to $40/lb.
→ Metal exports collapsed 93.2% in one month.
→ The Pentagon began emergency stockpiling, planning to buy 5.16 million pounds — 18% of all non-Chinese annual supply — for the next 5 years.

Why?
China controls 81% of global bismuth production.
Not just dominance — near-total capture.

🛑 But here’s what they’re not telling you:
Bismuth oxide — a processed form — is exempt from export controls.
In the same month metal exports crashed, oxide exports rose 18%.
This isn’t a blockade. It’s a filter.

China isn’t cutting supply.
They’re choosing buyers, setting premiums, and deciding who gets access.

🇺🇸 Meanwhile, the U.S. hasn’t produced primary bismuth since 1997 — and sold off its strategic stockpile that same year.
The free-market assumption that “markets will always provide” has been exposed as catastrophically naive.

⚠️ The countdown is on:
By June 2026, the West must either fast-track new projects like the NICO mine — or face structural shortages in pharmaceuticals, defense tech, and advanced electronics.

🔑 The real story isn’t bismuth.
It’s that we built trillion-dollar industries on supply chains we don’t control.
Beijing just handed us the bill.

What’s next — and which “minor” metal is targeted next?
Pay attention. The playbook is now public.

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