Trump says he wants to check whether the gold in Fort Knox is still there because 'they steal a lot'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Sunday 10 May 2026 16:49 EDT


President Donald Trump says he still wants to travel to Fort Knox, peer inside its secure vaults and verify that the gold is still there — because, he said: “They steal a lot.”

In a Sunday interview with journalist Sharyl Attkisson, the 79-year-old billionaire was asked about his February 2025 pledge to inspect the Kentucky military installation, which houses a large share of the country’s bullion reserves.

“Well, we wanted to go and knock on their door — Fort Knox, very thick door — and to see whether or not we have any gold in there,” Trump said, after being reminded about his earlier promise. “It’s a very interesting question. We played with that. I wondered if they left the gold in Fort Knox because they steal a lot,” he added, though who exactly he was referring to was not clarified.

When asked if he still intends to follow through, the Republican president responded: “I do want to go to Fort Knox sometime. I want to see if the gold is there, which I’m sure it will be.”

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-fort-knox-gold-steal-b2973930.html

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[intrepidity]

1. Projection, 100%. nt

[2MuchNoise]

2. I want to knock on the door to the Epstein files.

I want to see if you're there, which I'm sure you will be.

[Irish_Dem]

3. He is confessing, he has or will steal from Ft Knox.

I suspect he has already taken gold from that location.

It is much too tempting for a psychopath thief like Trump.

[John1956PA]

6. Back in February 2025, I posted that I suspected he wanted Musk to transport it to a neutral site for inspection.

Of course, such a scenario would lend itself to a sleight of hand switch-out of the gold for gold-painted props.

We need some good leprechauns guarding the Fort Knox reserve.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Yes and if Musk fired staff at Ft Knox, it makes the robbery easier.

I don't think Trump would bother to make a switch out with fake gold.
Who is going to stop him, accuse him, or prosecute him?

And part of the fun for Trump would be to steal from Ft. Knox in broad daylight
with no one stopping him and no consequences.

He is embolden now and proud of his crimes.

Yep it would be hard to get past leprechauns guarding the gold.

[Aussie105]

4. Echoes of my wife when she can't find something.

She is sure 'they' came in and stole it!

But she can't describe who 'they' are.

Difference of course is that she is NOT the President of anywhere important.

[lonely bird]

15. Exactly

Who is this nebulous “they”?

Trans people? Immigrants? Democrats? Feminists?

[GenThePerservering]

35. Nice. nt

[Haggard Celine]

5. What if there's none in there?

Will he open his piehole? If there's none in there, and he says something about it, it could do some shit to the stock market, for one thing. Maybe that's his intention. He's trying to destroy us. He hates us.

[Polybius]

7. FDR was the last President to go

While I'm ok with him going, in 2017, his Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, along with Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell and Representative Harold Rogers, toured the vault.

[riversedge]

27. I recall seeing a pic of Mnuchin and his wife holding bigly $$$ printouts.

[OldBaldy1701E]

8. "I want to see if the gold is there, which I'm sure it will be."

And, that is why you want to go?

Or, is it more...



(I mean, since you are pretty much going to loot the entire thing, if you can.)

[Ray Bruns]

13. More like this.

https://m.

[dlilafae]

9. Quiet, Piggy!

No need. You have stolen enough!

[Goonch]

11. ;-{) GOLD FEVER

[sinkingfeeling]

12. Gee, I thought it's being used to make the WH look like crap.

[twodogsbarking]

14. Is it too early to blame Biden?

[COL Mustard]

20. It's never too early to blame Biden.

Don't you remember? He was responsible for the Lindbergh Baby kidnapping, the Guy Fawkes case and probably the outbreak of psoriasis in 1843. At least according to Trump.

[Baitball Blogger]

16. Just for national security, we should fill a decoy room with gold painted bricks for him to glance at.

If they get stolen, we know it was because Trump cased the place.

[tanyev]

17. "Well, we wanted to go and knock on their door -- Fort Knox, very thick door"

The real story here, Sharyl, is that every day reporters ask this man questions and pretend that he’s a competent functioning adult.

[twodogsbarking]

18. To a thief all the world is a thief.

[COL Mustard]

19. "Knock on their door"?

The man is the President of the United States. If he wants to visit the US Bullion Depository, he just needs to tell the Secretary of the Treasury to make it happen.

By the way, those gold bars are heavy, so he shouldn't plan on lifting any.

[sop]

21. Like all supervillains, Goldfinger Trump is obviously hatching a plan.

[JohnnyRingo]

22. Independent audit is the way to go.

I thought he was wheeling it out of there during his first term just because he's the real life Auric Goldfinger.
The only thing that would prevent him is he'd need someone to do the grunt work and they could rat him out. Of course a few pounds of gold would keep them quiet because they'd be guilty of abetting. That's how a gangster would do it.

[WestMichRad]

23. "How many loaded pallets can you ship to Mar-a-Lardo...

… in one cargo plane trip? Just asking…”

[LiberalArkie]

24. The gold there is probably the old 80% + purity gold. The new standard is .9999 gold.

France and other countries have pulled their gold from the vaults in NYC and other vaults to have it remelted to the new standard.

So a kilogram gold bar at Ft Knox probably is only 80-90% gold.

After Trumps "inspection", it may be down to junk gold. Maybe 50%.

OR.. Trump seems to favor destruction of U.S. morale, so he may just report that the Roosevelt, Truman, Carter etc stole the gold and that the gold present is only 70% gold and that the Democrats stole the .9999 gold.

[FailureToCommunicate]

25. He just wants it ALL for himself...

[Aviation Pro]

26. Turn out your pockets, child raping bag 'o fuck

What we need is a Smaug.

[aggiesal]

28. Transference. He's telling us, that he either is stealing it already, or he wants to. n/t

[Bayard]

29. We don't want him here!

He'll steal the gold out of Grandpa's teeth!

[travelingthrulife]

30. Well, someone obviously stole all that money that was on his infamous tariff shelf.

'They' are the reason he can't pay it back.

[BradBo]

31. Donald Trumps a demented child.

[AverageOldGuy]

32. They had better . . .

. . . weigh Trump when he arrives and when he leaves and charge him $2,000 per ounce that he gains —- or check his pockets in the way out.

And don’t let any of his family go with him.

[NNadir]

33. He's out of his mind.

[LPBBEAR]

34. It will go something like this

Trump, his entourage, and Fort Knox officials walk into a vault containing Gold bars

Trump "Oh, how nice. Many people say this is the most beautiful metal. I love the color."
Fort Knox Official "Yes Mr. President, we keep these vaults sealed and at a specific controlled temper...."
Trump interrupting official. "How much do you suppose is in here?"
Official "Well we keep much of the US supply in..."
Trump interrupting again while picking up a couple bars "Oh its bigly heavy!"
Official "Sir, we don't handle the Gold here, its kept sani..?
Trump slipping one of the bars into his coat pocket.... "You know, I am redecorating the White House currently, it will be magnificent."
Trump assistant. "Mr President, your meeting with the Senate Republicans is due to start soon. We better head for Air Force One."
Trump setting the second gold bar down "Well thanks for the visit, gotta run".
Fort Know Official "Uhh Sir, uh, you can't...."
Trump and entourage exit hastily.

A few days later.....

In the Mar-A-Lago janitorial supplies room among the stolen documents, discarded peace medals, awards from Putin and such lies a new shiny bar of Gold with one set of greasy fingerprints on it.

Presidential Immunity ya'all..........

[republianmushroom]

36. "They", Who the hell is they.

Does he mean republicans as they ? Then just say republicans. They, christ.

[Multichromatic]

37. Trump the thief is afraid somebody else might have stolen the gold in Fort Knox

[niyad]

38. PROJECTION!!! CONFESSION!!!

[LudwigPastorius]

39. He sounds like a nursing home dementia patient complaining that "they" have been stealing his glasses.