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- U.S. President Donald Trump and Doug Burgum celebrated ten Venezuelan gold bars arriving at the White House in early March.
- Trump had previously blacklisted Venezuelan gold, citing environmental damage, poisoning and gangster financing.
- After toppling President Nicolás Maduro, his administration reversed the ban and designated a state-owned mining company as the first supplier.
- Burgum later said at an energy conference he opened Venezuela’s gold pipeline, joking about needing Olympic status.
