PSA: Buying US Mint gold *might* support drug cartels/terrorism (whoopsie!)

Apparently this has been a problem for decades—Trump 1’s administration may have actually exposed the problem for the first time.

                    U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’
                

As prices for the precious metal soar, the industry’s guardrails have broken down.

www.nytimes.com

But now I have to ask why those zerohedge people keep insisting we invest in gold…