Elon Musk is demanding a “live video walkthrough” to confirm that the gold is present.
An official overseeing the $400 billion gold supply at Fort Knox has addressed Elon Musk’s assertions that the gold might have vanished.
Since assuming the position of head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Musk has been making some outrageous assertions regarding the current status of government spending.
President Trump said the team would serve as an external adviser on federal spending, even though it isn’t a government department.
Musk has been slashing through the government’s budget since assuming the position by terminating contracts and laying off large numbers of employees.
Going a step further, the Tesla CEO now asserts that the renowned gold reserves held by the US government at Fort Knox have vanished.
The billionaire started asking himself on his own social media site, X, which was once Twitter, if the gold was “still there” or if it had “gone.”
Musk commented on Monday, February 17: “Who is verifying that Fort Knox’s gold wasn’t stolen?
“It may or may not be there. The people of America own that gold! We would like to know if it is still present.
Musk even went so far as to request a “live video walkthrough” to confirm its presence.
Trump expressed his opinion to the media, saying, “We’re going to go to Fort Knox…to make sure the gold is there, but we hope everything’s fine with Fort Knox.”
“We’ll be very upset if the gold isn’t there.”
Now, the person in charge of the gold has corrected the information.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated in an interview with Bloomberg: “I can tell you that we do an audit every year.” On camera, I can inform the American people that a report dated September 30, 2024, contains all of the gold.
“Any US senator who would like to visit it can make arrangements through our office.”
Musk also caused uproar this week when he insulted an astronaut who accused him of lying.
Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore, two NASA astronauts, were abandoned in space “for political reasons,” according to the SpaceX CEO.
The claim was slammed by astronaut and former SpaceX pilot Andreas Mogensen, who reposted the video on X and wrote: “What a lie.” Additionally, from someone who bemoans the mainstream media’s lack of integrity.
When Musk responded back, he startled everyone by saying, “You are fully r*.” They may have returned months ago thanks to SpaceX. I directly offered this to the Biden administration, but they turned it down. For political considerations, the return date was postponed. Fool.
In response, Mogensen said: “Elon, I have always respected you and your achievements, particularly at SpaceX and Tesla.
As has been planned since last September, Butch and Suni will be returning with Crew-9, as you and I both know. You’re not sending up a rescue ship to take them home even now. They are going back on the Dragon capsule, which has been aboard the ISS since September of last year.
Trump reacts to Elon Musk’s proposal to return thousands of “DOGE dividends” to Americans.
The president appears to support Musk’s proposal to offer taxpayers 20% of the savings.
Elon Musk has proposed returning thousands of dollars in “DOGE dividends” to Americans, to which President Donald Trump has replied.
Along with his followers, Musk proposed authorizing Americans to receive a check for the purported “savings” made by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Additionally, Trump appears to support the concept.
During a conference in Miami on Wednesday, February 19, the president supported the Tesla CEO’s proposal to return 20% of the savings directly to American taxpayers.
“Elon,” Trump said, “the stats are amazing. There are billions and hundreds of billions. We are considering returning 20% to the American people and another 20% to debt repayment.
“Americans will be reporting waste to us by doing this; they will be telling us where it is.”
Where the remaining 60% of savings would go has not yet been clarified.
DOGE has reduced governmental spending primarily through contract cancellations and large layoffs of government employees.
The group, which is an outside advisor rather than a government department, is being sued in numerous cases.
In an interview with The Washington Post, Jessica Riedl, a senior scholar at the right-leaning think tank Manhattan Institute, stated: “Considering the relatively small portion of federal spending that has been cut, the American people might be able to use their dividend to get half off one coffee at Starbucks.”
“Any savings should be used to reduce the budget deficit rather than to provide another tax refund when the deficit is $2 trillion and Congress plans to add hundreds of billions more.”
The plan, which would involve Musk cutting federal spending by an astounding $2 trillion, would give $5,000 to each of the 78 million households that pay federal income taxes, according to James Fishback, CEO of investment firm Azoria.
Concerns about where those cuts will be made to meet this new budget have grown, with many individuals fearing that they could affect important things like the payments of Medicare benefits.
“We have a straightforward proposal for the president: For every $5 in total savings that DOGE generates, taxpayer households should receive $1,” Fishback posted on X, formerly Twitter.
“I’ll check with the president,” Musk replied.
And in Miami the very following day, Trump discussed the concept.
