🚨 TRUMP SIGNALS A HARD LINE: “REAL ASSETS DECIDE POWER — AND GOLD IS THE ULTIMATE LEVER”
In 2022, after the Ukraine war erupted, Europe froze nearly $244 billion worth of Russian assets — mostly bonds held inside European financial institutions. The world expected Russia’s economy to buckle under the pressure.
That collapse never came.
Instead, Russia made a quiet but strategic move: it shifted toward gold. While foreign-held paper assets were locked and seized, physical gold stored within Russia remained beyond reach. Since 2022, the value of Russia’s gold holdings has risen by roughly $216 billion, turning bullion into a powerful defense against sanctions.
Now zoom out to the bigger picture.
Gold itself is exploding higher — up almost 70% in 2025, and already +10% in the first three weeks of 2026 alone.
This is why Trump and other U.S. power brokers keep emphasizing one thing: hard assets matter. Sanctions can freeze digits on a screen, but they can’t easily touch what’s real, physical, and sovereign.
The takeaway is blunt — and unsettling:
💥 Those who control tangible assets control leverage.
And the race for gold dominance isn’t coming…
It’s already underway.
