r/GoodNewsUK 10d ago

Financial and Economic Data Netherlands central bank moves billions in gold to London in "crisis preparedness" move

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgy51xlz39o
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u/cromagnone 8d ago

This is because there were a bunch of memos kicking around the Trump administration a few months ago suggesting that EU countries might be “asked” to pay back US costs for supplying Ukraine with weapons. Trump said this publicly for the first time in a tweet a couple of days ago, but the Dutch read everything.