What to Know About Fort Knox's Gold Depository as Trump Pledges to Inspect It
Gold bars stored at the U.S. Depository in Fort Knox, Kentucky, in Sept. 1974.
Photographer: Barry Thumma/AP Photos
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — President Donald Trump says Elon Musk will be looking at Fort Knox, the legendary depository in Kentucky for American gold reserves, to make sure the gold is still there.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says there is an audit every year and that “all the gold is present and accounted for.”