States tend to act like psychopaths. It should come as no surprise that the US doesn't honor the original agreement if it's in their self-interest to not honor

States tend to act like psychopaths. It should come as no surprise that the US doesn't honor the original agreement if it's in their self-interest to not honor that agreement. I'd be interested to know how the US came to hold the gold for Germany in the first place. Because it seems to me that Germany's mistake was to swap the gold for a promise.