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Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won't Touch It
Original: Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It
The Trump administration has arranged to bring Venezuelan gold into the United States as part of its brokering of deals in the country's mining sector. According to reporting by The New York Times, the industry is notoriously corrupt, and one of the companies involved has been designated by the U.S. government as a security threat. American refiners are now refusing to process the gold, leaving the administration's arrangement in limbo and raising questions about the deals' oversight.
Why now: The contradiction between U.S. sanctions policy and the administration's own gold deals has drawn attention.
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Evidence
- Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It · The New York Times
The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
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