Trump instructs musk to visit deposit that keeps gold reserves

“It is the gold of the people. It is your gold. So I think you have the right to see it, to do a tour, ”Musk said at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), a right-wing forum held until Saturday (22) on the outskirts of Washington.

The owner of the Tesla and Spacex social network and CEO added that he would love to know the site, which is in an army complex and is one of the most protected in the world.

On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed that Fort Knox still has this gold. “We make an audit every year. All gold is present and is accounted for, ”he said.

According to the US Mint, the US House, there are 147.3 million gold jaguars stored in Fort Knox, about half of the gold stored by the Treasury Department.