Living Next Door to a Loose Cannon
When there are generals like Mike Minihan in the most powerful nation and a neighbour it is scary and maybe a good idea to have some gold.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/air-force-general-tells-his-officers-war-china-only-2-years-away
The rest of the world authorities read such comments coming out of the United States.
Any wonder leaders in other countries are rapidly getting out from under USD hegemony. USD was supported by the necessity to have petro dollars (USD) and the might of the US military. The US has weaponized the USD against other countries that is a threaten to U.S. interests be it access to resources, trade barriers, economic competition, regional influence, competing alliances, etc.
We are seeing central banks accumulating gold, Russia issuing a gold backed stable token, bilateral trade in currencies other than the USD, countres joining BRICs, SCO, and ASEAN, physical gold trading rising in determination of gold price, liquidity declining in gold futures, gold draining out of the COMEX and LBMA vaults, China belt and road initiative, gold rising at the same time USD was rising, OPEC willing to sell oil in other curriencies.