While oil spikes, gold drops. Investors are piling into the dollar, and precious metals — gold and silver — are sliding. When the world is in chaos, money goes where it feels safest — and right now, that is the American currency.

Gold's fall comes precisely when the Strait of Hormuz blockade is rattling markets. Normally, gold climbs in a crisis — but when the dollar is strong because America is running military operations, investors prefer cash over metal.

For Macedonia, the gold drop barely registers — few citizens put money into precious metals. But the trend says something important: global markets are in panic mode, and every move Trump makes — from blockades to AI images of himself as Jesus — triggers shockwaves that reach every economy, including ours.