Wolfgang Effenberger, a former Bundeswehr officer and book author, who is often associated with the Alternative for Germany party, raised the issue of Glass-Steagall and mentioned one of the exchanges between EIR's Claudio Celani and the European Central Bank’s Trichet on the issue, though without identifying either Celani or EIR. (https://shows.acast.com/apolut-tagesdosis/episodes/aktuelle-us-bankenkrise-macht-die-weltlage-noch-labiler-von-)
Effenberger wrote that then-U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan, who voted against the abolition of Glass-Steagall in 1999, “was vindicated in his warnings, that the consequence would be a giant bailout scheme, financed by taxpayers, to rescue a derivatives-plagued banking system. On April 8, 2010, ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet was asked whether it would not be easier to sort apart and reorganize the bankrupt financial system along Glass-Steagall criteria, rather than protect worthless bank securities with central bank guarantees. Trichet did not respond to this question, but tersely stated that Glass-Steagall was an American law on which he did not wish to comment.”
Here is a video clip of the question to Trichet that Effenberger was referring to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZAlCHnvxQI&list=PL_GT_Jn2ngkbjfLK16SCd-mhYjSlVNHj0&index=8
