This Strategic U.S. Gold Deal Is Flying Under the Radar | Andy Schectman & Michelle Makori
This Strategic U.S. Gold Deal Is Flying Under the Radar | Andy Schectman & Michelle Makori
Miles Franklin Media: 4-21-2026
Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief, Miles Franklin Media, interviews Andy Schectman, Founder & CEO of Miles Franklin Precious Metals, on a major gold development that’s flying under the radar and what it could signal for the global financial system.
As the Iran conflict is in its third week, gold has surprisingly weakened instead of rallying. At the same time, the U.S. is quietly facilitating a gold deal with Venezuela, while gold has also become America’s most valuable U.S. export in three of the last four months.
So what’s really happening? Is the U.S. indirectly accumulating gold? Where is all this gold going?
And could this signal a shift toward a new monetary system?
Schectman breaks down the hidden dynamics behind global gold flows, the possibility of gold being used in trade for critical minerals, and why trust in the financial system may be breaking down.
In this episode of The Real Story with Michelle Makori
The U.S.-Venezuela gold deal and why it matters
Why gold is flowing in and out of the U.S. simultaneously
Is the U.S. quietly accumulating gold again?
Speculation around gold-for-critical-minerals trade
China, supply chains, and strategic resource control
Gold revaluation and the debt crisis
BIS comments on silver and market structure
Private credit risks and systemic contagion
Why trust in financial markets is breaking down
00:00 Introduction
01:51 Venezuela Gold Deal
05:24 Is the US Secretly Buying?
08:44 Gold Exports Surge
13:27 China vs Switzerland Theories
16:46 Comex Imports and Deliveries
28:44 Debt Math and Revaluation
36:43 Gold Revaluation Path
38:07 July 4th Speculation
39:15 Silver Selloff Explained
40:55 BIS Calls Out Comex
44:15 Global Silver Supply Squeeze
48:54 Private Credit Time Bomb
57:18 Inflation and Fed Outlook
01:05:13 Closing Remarks