Iran and Russia can both be tied to the leadership of the USA. Iran directly and Russia less directly. There may be trading between the USA and the Netherlands that is makes 31% too much gold in USA but at 19% more reasonable. Over the past 4 years the price of gold has more than doubled this would effect the amount of gold needed to perform the same transactions.

I mostly agree with this; your comment paints a far more plausible and level-headed picture than the article does.