{"id":2405628,"date":"2025-02-22T19:43:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T00:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-again-vows-fort-knox-visit-to-see-if-gold-is-still-there-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T19:43:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T00:43:39","slug":"trump-again-vows-fort-knox-visit-to-see-if-gold-is-still-there-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-again-vows-fort-knox-visit-to-see-if-gold-is-still-there-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump again vows Fort Knox visit to see if gold is \u2018still there\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-again-vows-fort-knox-visit-to-see-if-gold-is-still-there-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2405628&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump reiterated his intention to visit Fort Knox to verify the status of the U.S. gold reserves,\u200b a plan he <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">initially supported earlier<\/a> in the week. During his \u2062speech at the Conservative \u2062Political Action \u200bConference, Trump expressed enthusiasm for the visit\u2062 and\u2062 mentioned tech billionaire Elon Musk might accompany\u200d him. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-trump-mocks-fani-willis-for-bond-in-georgia-case\/\" title=\"... indicted, mocks Fani Willis over Georgia bond.\">humorously suggested<\/a> they could livestream the event,raising the \u200dquestion of weather any \u2063gold\u200b would remain in the \u2062vault. Despite assurances from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent\u200b that all gold is accounted for, he remained open to facilitating the visit for Trump and Musk, highlighting that Fort knox has been closed to \u200bthe public since 1974.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump again vows Fort Knox visit to see if gold is &lsquo;still there&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1999182\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> was firm on his commitment to go to Fort Knox to check on the United States&rsquo;s gold reserves after he backed the idea earlier this week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In his remarks at the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cpac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Conservative Political Action Conference<\/a> on Saturday afternoon, Trump addressed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/see-this-winslow-homer-exhibit-at-the-met-but-skip-the-catalog-2\/\" title=\"See This Winslow Homer Exhibit At The Met, But Skip The Catalog\">potential visit<\/a> to the vault, which was boosted by tech billionaire <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re also going to Fort Knox. I&rsquo;m going to go with Elon. And would anybody like to join us? Because we want to see if the gold is still there,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>He added, &ldquo;Wouldn&rsquo;t that be terrible if we opened it up into this and there was no gold there? So we&rsquo;re going to open those doors.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The comments follow Trump and Musk&rsquo;s earlier musings about going into the vault, with Musk floating the idea of a livestream of the visit.<\/p>\n<p>Their interest in checking on the gold reserves comes in spite of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3324769\/fort-knox-gold-trump-musk-bessent-treasury\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"assurances \">assurances<\/a> that all the gold is accounted for.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We do an audit every year. All the gold is present and accounted for,&rdquo; Bessent said in an interview this week.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Bessent said he is open to arranging a visit to Fort Knox for Trump and Musk.<\/p>\n<p>The vaults of the Fort Knox Bullion Depository have been closed to the public since 1974.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1999182\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1999182\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump reaffirms plan to visit Fort Knox to check gold<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2405629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-fort-knox-visit-cpac-speech.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50750,6397,3634,50898,32076],"class_list":["post-2405628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fort-knox","tag-gold","tag-trump","tag-visit-2","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-fort-knox-visit-cpac-speech.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2405628"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2405632,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405628\/revisions\/2405632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2405629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}