Trump Feeds Gold Fixation With Haul From Venezuela

The Trump administration announced Wednesday that the U.S. has successfully secured $100 million worth of Venezuelan gold after the ouster of dictator Nicolas Maduro.

Burgum celebrated the new shipment of gold to the U.S. from Venezuela. / Eugene Hoshiko / via REUTERS

“There hadn’t been a shipment of precious metals between Venezuela and America in over 20 years,” Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said during a conference in Houston. “At the end of the two days, we were able to bring home $100 million of gold — physically, the gold.”

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