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THE FORT KNOX QUESTION: PRELUDE TO A NEW SYSTEM?
In 1944, the world’s most powerful leaders gathered in Bretton Woods to discuss the future and write the rules of a new global monetary order.
There’s one critical detail many forget…
The United States controlled the lion’s share of the world’s gold, granting it the power to influence the outcome and define the system itself.
Fast forward to today:
• The President of the United States is calling for an audit of the gold held in Fort Knox.
The current Treasury Secretary?
• He says he has been called gold bug throughout his career.
With the trade war now in full swing, change is certainly in the air.
According to a top economic adviser to the U.S. President, more than 50 countries have approached the United States to begin trade talks.
Are we getting closer to a Bretton Woods moment?
We very well could be.
The U.S. Treasury Secretary previously said:
“We will need a grand global economic reordering, and I’d like to be a part of it. I’ve studied this.”
Last week, Scott Bessent explained in an interview with @TuckerCarlson why gold remains so interesting and also pointed out that the entire global trading system was once anchored to gold until Nixon took the U.S. off the standard.
The world is shifting.
Quietly, but unmistakably.
Nations are accumulating gold, questioning old alliances, and preparing for a future no longer tethered to the previous rules.
What once seemed unshakable is now under review, from Fort Knox to the foundations of international trade.
We’ve seen this before.
Power consolidates, confidence erodes, and a new system emerges, often born not in the spotlight but behind closed doors.
The question now isn’t if we’re approaching another Bretton Woods moment.
The question is:
Who will define it this time?
