Why does Trump want to audit the Fort Knox gold reserve?

Adrian Ash, director of research at Bullionvault, shares his reaction to Trump's plans to audit the largest stockpile of gold in the world.

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[davidgreally]

Pushing back against gold audits or investigating reckless spending on foreign aid is a massive red flag.

[ericp]

Imagine if all you needed to ward off an audit was to just dismiss it as a conspiracy theory.

[DEVanderbiltCecil]

I'm a retired accountant.
What. the. fck.
You haven't verified
Fort Knox in how long?
You're all fired.

[Michael-pnlp]

*Audit all the different gold repositories at the same time - to prevent them shuffling the gold around !*

[benallen]

He should audit on behalf of Americans

[conniepr]

The government should do inventorys on a regular bassis of everything. Including the heirloom seeds we have stored away.

[barriesbarnard]

Why is this guy so against it if it is there like it suppose to be this will be a confirmation of it

[magmomwise]

With what has been revealed by DOGE in just the last month about fraud, waste and abuse I support this full inspection and accounting of Americans gold reserves.

[jameskaiser]

If it is public property then why is there a problem with a true audit?

[martistassi]

Because we do not believe the gold silver reserves are actually
still there!

Transparency is a conspiracy? The purpose is to restore eroded confidence in the US government. A walk through with some random testing and measurements using the previous audit as a guide would satisfy most people I would think. I would assume most of the gold should be exactly where it was in the last audit. People are concerned with the volume; not the valuation. I love their little chuckles and snipes as they talk to try to dismiss any concerns. Another awesome unbiased fact based reporting job--Well done Bloomberg

[japfourme]

Probably because he suspects the gold isn’t there, and someone has stolen it!!

[georgepoitras]

We should just take their word that everything is there since 1974? NOPE.

[wishIwuzskiing]

Yes, the US debt is so enormous let's poke holes in every and any effort to tackle it. That's a BRILLIANT idea.

[two-sense]

'Gold Experts' aren't needed to do this. King Musk has his 19 yo high school boys to do it with their iPhones. Half hour, max.

[marcoglara]

“What’s the purpose of ? “

This dude is panicking. The numbers aren’t matching up, and this guy knows it.

[KamilaKrchova-sb]

This is ridiculous that it wasn't inspected in years, what a joke

[tom-cjp]

WHEN ??? THEN REVALUE GOLD TO SUPPORT OUR DOLLAR IF WE HAVE ANY AND NIXON DIDNT SELL IT TO HIS PALS. PROBABLY PAINTED CLAY BRICKS OR NOTHING

[jimmyconway]

Why ? Did you really ask why?
Unreal how complicit the media
Is!
Disgusting

[montyduskin]

WITH ELON AT TRUMP'S SIDE AMERICA IS IN GOOD HANDS ✋ TRUMP WORKING TO GIVE AMERICA WHAT SHE DESERVES 😊