Fort Knox Gold
President Trump rattled cages last year—demanded a Fort Knox audit. Elon Musk echoed, “Let’s look.” Treasury shrugged: “It’s fine.” Last real check? Nineteen fifty-three. Since then? Spot audits. No third-party eyes. No lease ledger. (more…)
Why has the Trump & Elon going toFort Knox for an audit of our gold seem to have dropped out of the news?
A hypothetical audit of Fort Knox revealing that only half the gold was present would send shockwaves through the global economy, leading to a cascade of significant and largely negative effects. Here’s a breakdown of what would likely happen: (more…)
The last time a full, physical audit was conducted of the gold reserves at Fort Knox was in 1953.
Since then, there have been limited inspections, but none constituted a comprehensive audit: