Elon Musk Hints DOGE Will Audit Fort Knox

Billionaire Elon Musk has hinted at DOGE plans to audit Fort Knox next.

Fort Knox is where the United States has a massive amount of secured gold reserves, but a transparent audit of Fort Knox hasn’t occurred in decades.

Musk, in a post on X, shared a meme with the caption, “Looking for the gold at Fort Knox …”

Take a look:

Looking for the gold at Fort Knox … pic.twitter.com/YVGQvBfwVt

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 17, 2025

Musk later posted, “Who is confirming that gold wasn’t stolen from Fort Knox? Maybe it’s there, maybe it’s not. That gold is owned by the American public! We want to know if it’s still there,”

Who is confirming that gold wasn’t stolen from Fort Knox?

Maybe it’s there, maybe it’s not.

That gold is owned by the American public! We want to know if it’s still there. https://t.co/aEBXK1CfD6

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 17, 2025

Here’s what The Hill reported:

Tech billionaire Elon Musk signaled Monday that he will be looking into Fort Knox, where the United States has a massive and heavily secured gold reserve.
“Looking for the gold at Fort Knox …” Musk wrote on the social platform X.

He also shared a post from Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) on X, in which the senator said he has been denied access to Fort Knox, an Army installation in Kentucky.
“Who is confirming that gold wasn’t stolen from Fort Knox? Maybe it’s there, maybe it’s not. That gold is owned by the American public! We want to know if it’s still there,” Musk said.

He was also pushed to look into the reserve by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) who said on X, “nope. Let’s do it,” in response to Musk questioning if the reserve is reviewed annually.

Paul told Fox News on Monday that there needs to be more transparency about Fort Knox and what is stored there.

🚨Alert: The US Treasury is trying to restock Fort Knox before their upcoming DOGE audit. Rumors are flying that Fort Knox Gold Reserve is empty having been looted shortly after their last audit in 1974!! pic.twitter.com/03wAduNCyS

— US Homeland Security News (@defense_civil25) February 17, 2025

Per Fox Business:

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has his sights set on an audit of the U.S. gold reserve at Ft. Knox through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after it was revealed there is no yearly review for the world-renowned stash.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who invited Musk to review the gold reserve on X over the weekend, joined “FOX & Friends” to discuss the need for greater transparency about the massive reserve after trying to verify it himself for a decade.

“I think some of them may not think it needs to be audited all the time, but I think the more sunlight, the better, more transparency, the better. And also, it brings attention to the fact that gold still has value and implicitly, not explicitly, but implicitly, gold still gives value to the dollar,” Paul told Lawrence Jones on Monday.

“That’s why we don’t get rid of it,” he continued. “We’ve got it. The IMF has it, the World Bank has it. Most of the central banks… around the world have gold, and it’s an implicit trust that the dollar still has some backing.”

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