Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

So it was

during the banquet after all the festivities that he leaned into that minister that was sent instead of Giscard.

I was saying Giscard before apparently Giscard.

Giscard.

No, that's

not what I said.

Some people were angry.

European press, even worse, people were just like, even denouncing the French government for funding it.

That's also when you start seeing things crack.

It was like, you know, de Gaulle and his prime minister at the time, Giscard d'Estaing, starting to talk about like an exorbitant privilege.

And I think, you know, you mentioned like it's not just about gold and sending ships and not wanting to ship that.

But there is like cracks into how the system is perceived and how that position works.

Not yet.

French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing has already called Mobutu directly.

But Mobutu, proud as ever, insists his army has everything under control.

Without a formal request for help, France's hands are tied.

The idea is to go again to try and establish a currency, an international currency, which is not dependent on any national monetary authority.

Because this creates what Tristan called the dilemma, what Giscard d'Estaing called the exorbitant privilege, and what Miran, Stephen Miran, the...

Let's say the president, the council of economic advisor of Mr. Trump says it's an onus.

I mean, because it's true also that it's an onus in the sense that it's a problem for the United States.