> I don't think the US is a serious position to argue diplomatic issues atm.
Yeah, first we'd have to prove that any of our politicians can even define the word 'diplomacy', then we'd have to prove that they'd be willing to actually try diplomacy before resorting instantly to pathetic attempts at bullying.
The truth is that the current government is part of the international right-wing info-complex, and desperate to buddy up with Trump, so they are fundamentally unwilling to burn political capital for such a move.
If they lose the next round of elections in April 2027 and Trump is not reigned in by then, the issue will probably come up again.
The American Service-Members' Protection Act of 2002, also known as the "Hague Invasion Act", gives the President of the U.S. legal authority to invade the Netherlands to free detained U.S. service members imprisoned by the International Criminal Court.
His chain of thought has a length not beyond his nose. It's typical for dementia, and I have to see it all the time with my parent. Only the very last sentence is kept in mind, all other context is mostly gone.
I wish a reporter would ask him what question he heard and answered, because I'm sure he would be unable to correctly answer.
icc is as strong as it can enforce its strength, if no one can challenge you, you don't play by the same rules everyone else do. Pretending otherwise is asking for trouble.
Yes? Nation-states like the US (and China) are more powerful than any international organization and power dictates what happens in international relations.
I’m not saying it’s right, I’m just saying it is what it is.
When you think about it, it's really quite a remarkable state of affairs for a nation to trust another nation so implicitly they give it physical control of (a non-trivial portion of) their treasury, in a sense. And now that is coming unravelled. Another marker of human civilization's slow deteroriation. I remember a time when I thought things would only keep getting better and better with advances in technology and information sharing.... how naive I was.
I didn't say it was. Do you believe that there's an upwards trend in global geopolitical stability, or even simply general well-being? If you do, we certainly don't share that opinion.
Is it a coincidence that USA and Canada now have the same amount, but they equalised without transferring any to Canada, and they can say they reduced in both?
Not the right comparison to make when comparing gold vs paper currency that can be printed at a whim. The comparison would hold if they pulled out physical fiat currency reserves.
There has been voices in Germany to do the same. I assume they just need longer for the planning and/or coordinate their effort so not not everybody does it the same time, to avoid another tantrum from that orange grumpy man.
If you’re inclined to wear a tinfoil hat: Germany had a really hard time repatriating their own gold (hmm) from the US, with the Americans reportedly putting every possible obstacle in their way to slow them down.
Even inspecting the gold to see it was there was apparently too much: https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-politici... with inspections first being refused, then being allowed only to see the entrance to the safe, then only allowed to see one of nine rooms containing the gold, and to look at a small few, but not all gold bars.
I’m sure there’s a perfectly innocent explanation.
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[ 0.22 ms ] story [ 10.4 ms ] threadThe idea of repatriating it comes up from time to time, but the truth is that it's s logistical and diplomatic trouble with little positive outcomes.
I'd vote for it if I was Italian.
Yeah, first we'd have to prove that any of our politicians can even define the word 'diplomacy', then we'd have to prove that they'd be willing to actually try diplomacy before resorting instantly to pathetic attempts at bullying.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Pr...
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/trump-suggests-he-can-use-...
I wish a reporter would ask him what question he heard and answered, because I'm sure he would be unable to correctly answer.
People are not quite sure, but Krugamn (for one) is willing to fight:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK20wZ0ofwY
Explains a lot, lmao.
I’m not saying it’s right, I’m just saying it is what it is.
New York 31.3% 18.5% −12.8 pp
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Seems it is mostly because there was less trust in the USA, and added a little bit from Canada to make it less obvious.
https://images.cdn.nos.nl/1/4/H/9/t/9/6kexFuRByv6prhDGJSyWt3...
[1] France pulls last gold held in US (361 comments):
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47658146
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Even inspecting the gold to see it was there was apparently too much: https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-politici... with inspections first being refused, then being allowed only to see the entrance to the safe, then only allowed to see one of nine rooms containing the gold, and to look at a small few, but not all gold bars.
I’m sure there’s a perfectly innocent explanation.