As you just pointed out, a few hundred billion in gold is a drop in the bucket compared to the $36 trillion debt. If creditors get spooked, that reserve will do nothing.
Liquidate it, lay off the guards and administrators (seems in vogue these days), and move on.
Yeah; sell the bitcoin. Sell the gold. Sell the forests. Cut the military. Why own anything at all? Credit is just floaty vibes anyway; the economy is based on debt, debt is the only thing anyone ever needs to own.
Liquidate it, lay off the guards and administrators (seems in vogue these days), and move on.