WASHINGTON — Whereas flying again to Washington aboard Air Pressure One on Wednesday evening, a reporter requested President Donald Trump whether or not Elon Musk would pursue price range cuts on the Pentagon.
His response may be complicated to anybody who hasn’t spent the final a number of days monitoring Musk’s account on X.
Trump stated Musk could be Fort Knox, the legendary depository for American gold reserves in Kentucky.
Why? “To ensure the gold is there,” Trump stated.
One other reporter appeared puzzled. The place would the gold have gone?
“If the gold isn’t there, we’re going to be very upset,” Trump stated.
Musk, the world’s richest man, who was touring with the Republican president aboard Air Pressure One, has spent days posting about this situation.
“Who’s confirming that gold wasn’t stolen from Fort Knox?” he wrote Monday. “Perhaps it’s there, possibly it’s not.”
“LIVESTREAM IT,” somebody commented. Musk responded with two hearth emojis.
Musk and Trump might ask Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in regards to the situation.
Earlier Wednesday, he was requested in regards to the conspiracy concept by Dan O’Donnell, a chat present host in Wisconsin.
“We do an audit yearly,” Bessent stated. “All of the gold is current and accounted for.”
“That is one thing that persons are apparently very involved about,” O’Donnell stated. “Elon Musk has been promising to confirm that the gold remains to be there.”
Bessent stated he could be completely satisfied to rearrange an inspection for any senator who’s .
