President Trump will travel to Fort Knox, Kentucky on Thursday to inspect the country's gold reserves amid pushing from Elon Musk and some Republicans to carry out a review of the facility. He said that.
“I'm actually continuing to do this. I've heard of Fort Knox, and Trump told the Republican governor at a reception in Washington.
“We're getting a little volatile. We're getting a YIP to something like this. Just as I want to know,” Trump said. “We're going to open the door. We're going to see if we have money there. Has anyone stole the money in Fort Knox?”
Musk has been seeking reviews of Fort Knox with the encouragement of Republicans like Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Senator Mikeley (R-UTAH), and has lost gold reserves from the facility. It spread the unfounded claim that there was.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent said in a recent interview that Fort Knox had an annual audit, “all the money exists and is explained.”
Fort Knox has been preserving the country's gold reserves for decades. It also hosts the Army's largest annual training event every summer. According to the Associated Press.
Currently, Fort Knox has 147.3 million ounces of gold, according to US Mint, which is about half of the Treasury gold.
