If Putin and China really want to break the back of the west, you’re right, they could either break the Comex or back their currencies with gold. Unfortunately, it seems to me they are just fine with the fiat system.
If you own gold you can trust no one.
BTW – WTF happened with the pop in GDXJ at the close and why is it continuing AH?
This stuff is so ridiculously rigged it’s a joke.