Trump responded that Musk will instead be looking at Fort Knox.
I’m assuming there was a uncomfortably long pause before the reporter asked why.
“To confirm the gold is there, Trump responded.
No one knows exactly what happened, butsomething.
Those people are (probably) wrong.
But isn’t that exactly what the U.S. Mintwouldsay?
Maybe someone has beenstealingall the gold, or the government has been secretlysellingthe people’s bullion for years!
Yeah, probably not.
President Truman invites them to inspect the vault but they decline.
According to Beter, they took it out through a secret tunnel in the vault.
2010:Ron Paul questionswhether there is gold at Fort Knox.
Unknown: There are aliens there.
And this isn’t even the golden age of Fort Knox conspiracy theories.
They picked them up.
Steven Mnuchin, Trump’s first treasury secretary, had a similar policy.
In 2017, Mnuchin, Mitch McConnell, and other officials visited Fort Knox to review the bullion.
Their visit included a viewing of the total eclipse as an added bonus.
Here’s Mitch McConnell with gold bars.
It isn’t stored there any longer, and where it went is not public.
Why don’t you look intothat, Elon Musk?
Does the gold in Fort Knox even matter?
Consider this: Fort Knox’s gold is worth $435 billion, total.
The U.S. nation debt is $36.22trillion.
So even if we were to sell it all tomorrow, it would be a drop in the bucket.
It’s the money in the banana stand.
