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BumRushDaShow

(171,910 posts)
Mon May 11, 2026, 04:20 AM Yesterday

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

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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Trump says he wants to check whether the gold in Fort Knox is still there because 'they steal a lot' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP
Projection, 100%. nt intrepidity Yesterday #1
I want to knock on the door to the Epstein files. 2MuchNoise Yesterday #2
He is confessing, he has or will steal from Ft Knox. Irish_Dem Yesterday #3
Back in February 2025, I posted that I suspected he wanted Musk to transport it to a neutral site for inspection. John1956PA Yesterday #6
Yes and if Musk fired staff at Ft Knox, it makes the robbery easier. Irish_Dem Yesterday #10
Echoes of my wife when she can't find something. Aussie105 Yesterday #4
Exactly lonely bird Yesterday #15
Nice. nt GenThePerservering Yesterday #35
What if there's none in there? Haggard Celine Yesterday #5
FDR was the last President to go Polybius Yesterday #7
I recall seeing a pic of Mnuchin and his wife holding bigly $$$ printouts. riversedge Yesterday #27
"I want to see if the gold is there, which I'm sure it will be." OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #8
More like this. Ray Bruns Yesterday #13
Quiet, Piggy! dlilafae Yesterday #9
;-{) GOLD FEVER Goonch Yesterday #11
Gee, I thought it's being used to make the WH look like crap. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #12
Is it too early to blame Biden? twodogsbarking Yesterday #14
It's never too early to blame Biden. COL Mustard Yesterday #20
Just for national security, we should fill a decoy room with gold painted bricks for him to glance at. Baitball Blogger Yesterday #16
"Well, we wanted to go and knock on their door -- Fort Knox, very thick door" tanyev Yesterday #17
To a thief all the world is a thief. twodogsbarking Yesterday #18
"Knock on their door"? COL Mustard Yesterday #19
Like all supervillains, Goldfinger Trump is obviously hatching a plan. sop Yesterday #21
Independent audit is the way to go. JohnnyRingo Yesterday #22
"How many loaded pallets can you ship to Mar-a-Lardo... WestMichRad Yesterday #23
The gold there is probably the old 80% + purity gold. The new standard is .9999 gold. LiberalArkie Yesterday #24
He just wants it ALL for himself... FailureToCommunicate Yesterday #25
Turn out your pockets, child raping bag 'o fuck Aviation Pro Yesterday #26
Transference. He's telling us, that he either is stealing it already, or he wants to. n/t aggiesal Yesterday #28
We don't want him here! Bayard Yesterday #29
Well, someone obviously stole all that money that was on his infamous tariff shelf. travelingthrulife Yesterday #30
Donald Trumps a demented child. BradBo Yesterday #31
They had better . . . AverageOldGuy Yesterday #32
He's out of his mind. NNadir Yesterday #33
It will go something like this LPBBEAR Yesterday #34
"They", Who the hell is they. republianmushroom Yesterday #36
Trump the thief is afraid somebody else might have stolen the gold in Fort Knox Multichromatic Yesterday #37
PROJECTION!!! CONFESSION!!! niyad Yesterday #38
He sounds like a nursing home dementia patient complaining that "they" have been stealing his glasses. LudwigPastorius Yesterday #39
Off his meds and fantasizing randomly tonekat 23 hrs ago #40
Takes one to know one. Kid Berwyn 22 hrs ago #41

2MuchNoise

(845 posts)
2. I want to knock on the door to the Epstein files.
Mon May 11, 2026, 04:34 AM
Yesterday

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

Irish_Dem

(82,175 posts)
3. He is confessing, he has or will steal from Ft Knox.
Mon May 11, 2026, 04:46 AM
Yesterday

I suspect he has already taken gold from that location.

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

John1956PA

(5,108 posts)
6. Back in February 2025, I posted that I suspected he wanted Musk to transport it to a neutral site for inspection.
Mon May 11, 2026, 05:05 AM
Yesterday

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

(82,175 posts)
10. Yes and if Musk fired staff at Ft Knox, it makes the robbery easier.
Mon May 11, 2026, 06:37 AM
Yesterday

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

(8,148 posts)
4. Echoes of my wife when she can't find something.
Mon May 11, 2026, 04:52 AM
Yesterday

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

(3,018 posts)
15. Exactly
Mon May 11, 2026, 08:10 AM
Yesterday

Who is this nebulous “they”?

Trans people? Immigrants? Democrats? Feminists?

Haggard Celine

(17,910 posts)
5. What if there's none in there?
Mon May 11, 2026, 04:57 AM
Yesterday

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

(22,096 posts)
7. FDR was the last President to go
Mon May 11, 2026, 05:12 AM
Yesterday

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.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,492 posts)
8. "I want to see if the gold is there, which I'm sure it will be."
Mon May 11, 2026, 05:17 AM
Yesterday

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.)

COL Mustard

(8,361 posts)
20. It's never too early to blame Biden.
Mon May 11, 2026, 08:42 AM
Yesterday

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

(52,691 posts)
16. Just for national security, we should fill a decoy room with gold painted bricks for him to glance at.
Mon May 11, 2026, 08:12 AM
Yesterday

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

tanyev

(49,621 posts)
17. "Well, we wanted to go and knock on their door -- Fort Knox, very thick door"
Mon May 11, 2026, 08:22 AM
Yesterday

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

COL Mustard

(8,361 posts)
19. "Knock on their door"?
Mon May 11, 2026, 08:40 AM
Yesterday

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.

JohnnyRingo

(20,980 posts)
22. Independent audit is the way to go.
Mon May 11, 2026, 08:54 AM
Yesterday

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

(3,375 posts)
23. "How many loaded pallets can you ship to Mar-a-Lardo...
Mon May 11, 2026, 09:05 AM
Yesterday

… in one cargo plane trip? Just asking…”

LiberalArkie

(19,909 posts)
24. The gold there is probably the old 80% + purity gold. The new standard is .9999 gold.
Mon May 11, 2026, 09:08 AM
Yesterday

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.

travelingthrulife

(5,535 posts)
30. Well, someone obviously stole all that money that was on his infamous tariff shelf.
Mon May 11, 2026, 09:37 AM
Yesterday

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

AverageOldGuy

(4,132 posts)
32. They had better . . .
Mon May 11, 2026, 09:44 AM
Yesterday

. . . 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.

LPBBEAR

(682 posts)
34. It will go something like this
Mon May 11, 2026, 09:49 AM
Yesterday

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

(22,640 posts)
36. "They", Who the hell is they.
Mon May 11, 2026, 11:09 AM
Yesterday

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

LudwigPastorius

(14,963 posts)
39. He sounds like a nursing home dementia patient complaining that "they" have been stealing his glasses.
Mon May 11, 2026, 01:30 PM
Yesterday

tonekat

(2,563 posts)
40. Off his meds and fantasizing randomly
Mon May 11, 2026, 02:45 PM
23 hrs ago

He does this a lot, he thinks out loud of minutia that suddenly concerns him.

25th Amendment now.

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