🚦During his presidency, Donald Trump made a rare and highly publicized visit to Fort Knox in August 2017, which sparked widespread speculation about a potential audit of the nation’s gold reserves. 💰
🪙Fort Knox, a high-security U.S. Treasury facility in Kentucky, is renowned for housing a significant portion of the United States’ gold holdings🎊.
✔️During the visit, Trump’s comments — including his statement,
‼️We're going to go to Fort Knox, the fabled Fort Knox, to make sure the gold is there... If the gold isn't there, we're going to be very upset‼️ — fueled rumors of an impending inspection.
✅However, no official gold audit was conducted during this visit. The last known comprehensive audit of Fort Knox’s gold reserves took place in 1953, with only partial inspections carried out in the years that followed.
Trump’s visit, which included then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, was reportedly focused on military-related discussions rather than any examination of the gold reserves.
Despite ongoing speculation, there is no evidence that Trump initiated any formal audit of Fort Knox’s gold holdings.
