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Until Germany invades their neighbor, I don’t see your point.
by senordevnyc 7mo ago
Until Germany invades their neighbor, I don’t see your point.
- igor_akhmetov 7mo agoThe EU considers breaking the rules and confiscating state and private assets normal to apply some political pressure on the opponent. They should expect US to do the same, because why not, especially under Trump. Given this, it's stupid to hold state's gold reserves in the US.
- Esophagus4 7mo agoExcept the US and EU weren’t opponents in the way that RU and EU are.
- throw-the-towel 7mo agoBut now they are becoming opponents. What's your point?
- Esophagus4 7mo agoO…K… I will expand on that, but you seem to be looking for a fight, so I’m not sure I’m going to enjoy this thread. Here we are: It is surprising to me in a bad way that someone thinks the relationship between the US and the EU (who have traditionally been allies) has become so adversarial that someone would compare it to the relationship between Russia and the EU. The comment was: the EU should expect the US to hammer them the same way they hammered Russia. And my point was, that would be a significant course change because for the US & EU to be like Russia & EU would be a significant change. That was my point. I hope that is clear now.
- senordevnyc 7mo ago"apply some political pressure on the opponent" being applied to Russia for a military invasion of a neighboring country is very different than applying to the US, one of Germany's biggest allies and trading partners. I recognize that is changing, and I don't blame Germany at all for questioning whether it's a good idea to continue to hold their gold in the US, but the comparison to the EU seizing Russian assets after Russia launched a full scale invasion of a European country, is pretty specious.