Mr. President Donald Trump told us he was going to audit Fort Knox, but no one has seen a single shred of evidence that he ever planned to do it. The Treasury Department hasn’t announced a review. The Pentagon hasn’t confirmed any investigation. And Trump himself, after weeks of hyping up an audit, has gone completely silent—just like he did with the Epstein files. The pattern is the same. He promised transparency when it came to releasing Epstein’s records, but all that ever happened was a photo-op by the AG Pam Bondi with an interesting group of influencers. There were no files, no real answers. Epstein files photo op staged by US Attorney General Pamela Bondi (on the far right) and a group of MAGA influencers. Source: Pam Bondi X/Twitter Now he’s doing the same thing with the 147.3 million ounces of gold supposedly sitting in Fort Knox. The U.S. Mint, the Treasury, and even his own former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and current Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have all said the gold is accounted for, but Trump just can’t stop putting up a show, can he? Trump is playing the people — again Trump’s first mention of Fort Knox’s gold came when he was asked about Elon Musk’s latest DOGE efforts. Instead of answering, he pivoted to gold, saying: “We have found hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud so far. And we’ve just started. We’re actually going to Fort Knox to see if the gold is there, because maybe somebody stole the gold. Tons of gold.” At a White House meeting with governors on February 21, Trump brought it up again, saying, “You grew up hearing about Fort Knox. You can’t get in. You can’t even see it. Nobody sees it. You go there and the place is dry.” He made it sound like an audit was happening soon. But then—nothing. Meanwhile, Elon had been engaging with users on X, suggesting the gold could have been stolen or replaced with painted lead. On February 15, he responded to a post about it, saying , “Surely Fort Knox is reviewed at least every year?” It is by the way, on paper at least. But as the weeks passed, neither he nor Trump had anything new to say . During his March 1st appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Elon repeated his doubts about government financial transparency, blaming the Democrats and specifically Joe Biden. Rogan told him, “Think about all the other stuff that you pointed out with DOGE. All the checks that just go out, the NGO payments, the social security people … now apply that to the gold.” Elon replied, “Absolutely.” People aren’t buying it: “Everything is a joke at this point” Some folks aren’t falling for it though. One guy posted on X, “How’s that Fort Knox audit going? Hopefully it does not drag so long like the Epstein and JFK files release process.” His comments section is filled with frustration. “I was going to ask when that was supposed to go down. I thought they were doing it last week,” one user said. Another added, “Right? It should not have taken this long. You go in, look around. Either the gold is there or it’s not!” Others pointed out the pattern of deception. “Everything is a joke at this point. These guys are playing us like a fiddle.” Some suspect bipartisan involvement, saying, “The Democrats and Republicans are literally the same party. They’re all friends in crime behind the scenes, and we the people are the f**king idiots!” Another user made a direct comparison to past broken promises: “Check back in 10 years, we’re onto the next psyop, silly.” One person flat-out called it a deliberate stall tactic, saying, “Gotta give them some time to write whatever lies or cover-ups they’re about to use.” And then there were those who never believed the gold was there in the first place. “We been knowing the Gold is gone. It was gone in the 80s to pay all that debt. Taxes were being audited and the debt ceiling raised. It’s been on the people for decades. Wake it up!” said one user. Trump knows what happened, but he’s keeping the game going According to the latest Treasury report from January 31, 2025, the official count still sits at 147.3 million ounces. When David Sacks, Trump’s crypto czar, was asked about it on Fox News, he admitted, “I think the gold is probably there. It’s probably almost certainly there.” But David still backed the audit, adding, “Nobody thinks this is a crazy idea to go check because we don’t know.” That’s the game though. They do know, but they’re pretending they don’t, just like with Epstein. In 1974, a delegation of journalists and Congress members was given a full tour after conspiracy theories surfaced about the gold disappearing. It happened again in 2017, during Trump’s own first term, when Mnuchin, Mitch McConnell, and other officials were given access. The gold was allegedly there, per unverified records. But Trump’s rhetoric makes it seem like a new investigation is needed—when in reality, he’s not doing anything at all. President Trump and first lady Melania Trump partying with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and wife Ghislaine Maxwell in the year 2000. Source: Davidoff Studios Photography/Getty Images/ TheWashingtonPost But let’s be honest with ourselves here. There’s a reason Trump won’t push for an actual audit of Fort Knox. He knows what’s there, just like he knew what was in Epstein’s files, since he was close friends with the pedophilic monster himself. If there was a real investigation, the trail wouldn’t just end at Fort Knox—it would lead to the same politicians, bankers, elites, and probably Israel who have been looting the system for decades, and who are also Trump’s partners in crime. That’s why there won’t be an audit. It’s the same reason the Epstein list never came out. The money is gone. The names on the list were never supposed to be released. Both parties played a role in this, and they’re keeping Americans distracted while they move on to the next grift. So will the gold reserves be properly audited? Will the public ever see the real numbers? If the Epstein files, the JFK records, and the government’s missing trillions are any clue, the answer is obvious: No. It was never going to happen. Once again, we’ve all been hoodwinked by the great showman sitting in the Oval Office.
