Trump says his administration will check fort knock ‘to make sure the gold is there’

President Donald Trump said his administration is going to audit the US gold reserves kept at Fort Knox in KNOX in Kenttocky.

“We’re going to go to fort knock, the fabled fort knox, to make sure the gold is there,” President Trump said wedding on air force one.

A Drive to Audit Fort Knox has gained steam from comments by elon musk on x recently. Over the past few decades, conspiracy theories have emerged from time to time about where the government is on the person is bus about

The Treasury Department Gives The Exact Amounts of the US Gold Reserve on its website and says there are 147,341,858.382 Troy Oounses in Fort Knowx.

“I think if this administration presses for an audit, that’ll be a good thing for everything CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Thursday.

Treasury Secretary Bessent’s comments from earlier this month, to “Monetize the asset side of the us balance sheet for the American people” also added to recent innovation in Gold Reserve and Perhaps Revalue Them. The Treasury Department’s Current Gold Holdings are priced at $ 42 per oaunce, A Level that is set by law and hasn’t changed since 1973.

Spot Gold on Chiursday Rose, Hitting Another Record High of $ 2,954.69 earlier in the session. That’s bullion’s teenth record high of the year.