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Randahl Fink
Randahl Fink
@randahl@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

This week, Switzerland is hosting Trump in Davos, rolling out the red carpet for a man who is threatening war with NATO and attacking the European economy.

There are so many moments where Switzerland has impressed me. This is not one of them.

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Preston MacDougall
Preston MacDougall
@ChemicalEyeGuy@mstdn.science replied  ·  activity timestamp 13 hours ago

@randahl Will any #EpsteinFiles be released at the #Davos meeting?

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Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦
Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦
@Yoshi@toot.community replied  ·  activity timestamp 13 hours ago

@randahl I used to travel regularly to CH "back in the day." I loved the people, the food, the sights and most of all, the cosmopolitan vibe. I guess things have changed.

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Nicole Parsons
Nicole Parsons
@Npars01@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 14 hours ago

@randahl

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-09-29/swiss-offer-trump-gold-sweetener-in-bid-to-lower-tariffs

Switzerland -- always willing to launder looted gold for Nazis & despots

https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/01/07/flight-of-the-bullions-why-did-maduro-move-gold-to-switzerland

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-07-23/credit-suisse-ubs-face-scrutiny-in-billionaire-quest-for-nazi-bank-accounts

https://www.riotimesonline.com/venezuelas-vanishing-gold-how-113-tons-quietly-left-for-switzerland/

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/venezuela-under-maduro-shipped-gold-worth-52-billion-switzerland-2026-01-06/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/why-maduro-shipped-venezuela-s-gold-to-switzerland-in-secret/ar-AA1TXBOU

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/venezuela-strikes/card/swiss-authorities-freeze-maduro-s-assets-Mb8iwpBiKZjkRGMjkFij

https://gijn.org/stories/investigating-illegal-gold-mining-legitimate-supply-chain/

Ditto Bank of England & Sweden

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/06/bank-of-england-venezuelan-gold-nicolas-maduro-us-uk

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/documents-reveal-bank-of-england-sold-stolen-gold-for-nazis-8738805.html

https://www.rferl.org/a/1083119.html

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/bank-of-england/10214541/Was-Montagu-Norman-a-Nazi-sympathiser.html

https://nationalpost.com/news/how-six-months-before-the-second-world-war-britain-gave-hitler-9-million-in-gold-that-belonged-to-another-country

https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780151003341

https://www.rferl.org/a/1088803.html

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

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The Swiss, the Gold and the Dead: How Swiss Bankers Helped Finance the Nazi War Machine by Jean Ziegler, Jean Zeigler

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How six months before WWII Britain gave Hitler $9-million in gold (that belonged to another country)

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Investigating How Illegal Gold Gets Into the Legitimate Supply Chain

This Pulitzer Center-supported investigation dug into illegal gold mining in South America, and traced how these illicit products are secretly fed into legitimate supply chains.

MSN

The Rio Times

Venezuela’s Vanishing Gold: How 113 Tons Quietly Left For Switzerland

Key Points Venezuela shipped 113 metric tons of central-bank gold to Switzerland from 2013 to 2016, worth about 4.14 billion Swiss
Bloomberg.com

A Billionaire’s Quest to Find Credit Suisse Nazi Accounts Puts UBS in the Spotlight

Ronald Lauder has led a push to reopen investigations after he helped reach a $1.25 billion settlement in the 1990s. He thinks that deal left billions on the table.
https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/01/07/flight-of-the-bullions-why-did-maduro-move-gold-to-switzerland
The Independent

Documents reveal Bank of England sold stolen gold for Nazis

Archived material details how gold bars plundered from Czechoslovakia were sold on behalf of Germany's central bank in 1939
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Europe: Documents Reveal Sweden's Ties To Nazi Gold

Copenhagen, 27 January 1997 (RFE/RL) - Sweden has joined Switzerland in a process of demystifying financial dealings with Nazi Germany by releasing documents casting doubt on positions of neutrality during the Second World War. Midway through World War II, both countries, with the full...
The Telegraph

Was Montagu Norman a Nazi sympathiser?

Until last month, a small portrait of Sir Montagu Norman hung in the Governor’s private meeting room beside his office at the Bank of England.
Bloomberg.com

Swiss Offer Trump Sweetener on Gold to Get Better Tariff Deal

Switzerland has offered to invest in US gold refining, as it tries to persuade the Trump administration to lower tariffs
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GhostOnTheHalfShell
GhostOnTheHalfShell
@GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 14 hours ago

@randahl

Oh I expect this year his treatment will play out a very differently.

He still represents a country. Believe me, one of us wish that would be different but..

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Cat West
Cat West
@Catawu@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

@randahl Any Prestige Davos had via their Mystique and secrecy has all vaporized with this worship of the insane, the stupidest man who lies about everything. They are merely a circus of the absurd in search of a ringmaster.

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Ganbatte
Ganbatte
@ganbatte@ohai.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@randahl

isn't switzerland the country where each male citizen (who has served in the military) has his gun at home?

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Momo
Momo
@momo@social.linux.pizza replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@randahl
I mean there are two routes from Swizerland to Den Haag. One goes through France and Belgium, the other one through Germany.

I know, I know, Autobahn. But I'd take the first route...

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Gnome Tsunami
Gnome Tsunami
@gnometsunami@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@randahl wouldn't want to pass up the opportunity to get more Nazi gold.

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XtoF
XtoF
@xtof@shelter.moe replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@randahl Switzerland has never impressed me when there is money in the line.

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Jan Steen
Jan Steen
@jansteen@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@randahl can't they arrest him and charge him with blackmail?

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Die Kehrseite - spitzfindig
Die Kehrseite - spitzfindig
@diekehrseite@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@randahl bloodred?

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Dizzy
Dizzy
@BubblegumYeti@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@randahl who knows... Maybe they will take him out 🙀😎

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Wouter 🇳🇱🇧🇷🇧🇪
Wouter 🇳🇱🇧🇷🇧🇪
@AccordingtoWouter@mastodon.world replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@randahl Did they invite Hitler back then, complete with a red carpet?

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Шуро
Шуро
@shuro@friends.deko.cloud replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago
@randahl maybe they want to abduct him detain him on terrorist charges and weapon trafficking.
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Randahl Fink
Randahl Fink
@randahl@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@shuro all would be forgiven. 😀

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