📈 US Gold Rush: Imports hit a record $30.4 Billion in January

This is DOUBLE the amount seen during the 2020 pandemic.

At the same time, the US trade deficit with Switzerland reached a record $22 billion.

This suggests the majority of imported gold is coming from Swiss vaults.

Physical gold buying is concerningly strong.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🔥❗️ — Major maritime disaster off the coast of Hull, Kingdom of England, after a collision between a cargo ship and an oil tanker.

The fire can be seen from miles away

🇺🇸🛰🚫🇺🇦 — 📰 ZeroHedge | US Firm Maxar Disables Satellite Photos For Ukraine | March 8, 2025:

"American aerospace firm Maxar Technologies announce Friday it has disabled the ability of the Ukrainian government to access its satellite imagery, in conformity to President Trump's announced suspension of intelligence sharing with Kiev.

"Each customer makes their own decisions on how they use and share that data," Maxar described of its US government contracts. The contract in question which is impacted by the intelligence-sharing suspension is GEGD (the Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery program).

"The US government has decided to temporarily suspend Ukrainian accounts in GEGD," the Maxar statement said, referring reporters to the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for any further questions."

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🇵🇱🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🤝🇫🇷 — 📰 ZeroHedge | Poland & Baltic Nations Welcome Macron's Words Of Nuclear Escalation Aimed At Russia | March 8, 2025:

"Poland as well as Baltic nations have expressed approval of Wednesday's ultra-provocative words by French President Emmanuel Macron which floated the idea of using France's nuclear deterrent to protect the European continent from Russian threats.

Macron said he is opening a "strategic debate" on possibly extending France's nuclear umbrella to all of Europe - a role currently played by US nukes stationed in NATO countries. He claimed in the televised address that unless Putin is defeated in Ukraine, he will threaten other European countries with invasion.

Throughout the more than three-year long Ukraine war the tiny Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have been outsized in their hawkish anti-Moscow rhetoric.

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💻🇵🇸❌❌ — Hacking group called "Dark Storm Team" announces on Telegram that they are behind taking down X multiple times today.

Dark Storm Team's history points to geopolitical motives and are pro-Hamas.