Trump calls for Fort Knox audit: a promise nobody believes
Trump has proposed auditing the gold at Fort Knox following the case of a former CIA agent. Few believe it will be allowed: if any gold is missing, the blow to confidence would be…
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Trump wants to audit Fort Knox: a promise nobody believes
Will Trump dare to touch the gold at Fort Knox? On May 31, 2026, the U.S. president proposed on Truth Social a physical audit of the bullion stored at the Kentucky base. The trigger: the arrest of a former CIA agent with gold worth 40 million dollars, according to the New York Post. But the proposal smells like déjà vu.
A promise with an expiry date
The idea had already been floated months earlier, when Elon Mox was in government, and the answer was that the matter should not even be mentioned. Another promise carried off by the wind. The very debate takes it for granted: there will be no audit, or if there is, it will not be independent. The Fort Knox vaults, holding thousands of tons of gold, will remain an accounting mystery.
The reserves dilemma
The risk is twofold. If the gold is there, nothing happens; but if there is any discrepancy, the blow to confidence would be catastrophic. That is why nobody believes they will allow an external audit of purity and encumbrances. Some go further: you cannot audit something that does not exist. The Federal Reserve, which not even the president would have any real power to meddle with, attracts the suspicions. Meanwhile, the credibility clock keeps ticking.
With reserves managed like this, anyone would audit the cobwebs. But at least cobwebs can be seen.
Will Trump dare to touch the gold at Fort Knox? On May 31, 2026, the U.S. president proposed on Truth Social a physical audit of the bullion stored at the Kentucky base. The trigger: the arrest of a former CIA agent with gold worth 40 million dollars, according to the New York Post. But the proposal smells like déjà vu.
A promise with an expiry date
The idea had already been floated months earlier, when Elon Mox was in government, and the answer was that the matter should not even be mentioned. Another promise carried off by the wind. The very debate takes it for granted: there will be no audit, or if there is, it will not be independent. The Fort Knox vaults, holding thousands of tons of gold, will remain an accounting mystery.
The reserves dilemma
The risk is twofold. If the gold is there, nothing happens; but if there is any discrepancy, the blow to confidence would be catastrophic. That is why nobody believes they will allow an external audit of purity and encumbrances. Some go further: you cannot audit something that does not exist. The Federal Reserve, which not even the president would have any real power to meddle with, attracts the suspicions. Meanwhile, the credibility clock keeps ticking.
With reserves managed like this, anyone would audit the cobwebs. But at least cobwebs can be seen.
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