President Donald Trump promised to investigate the stash of gold reserves at U.S. military base Fort Knox in Kentucky.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., urged Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk to investigate whether the country’s gold reserves are still there. He said the roughly 147.3 million troy ounces of gold stored within the base is not reviewed annually.

Trump promised to hold the base accountable if the gold was improperly kept.

“We’re going to go into Fort Knox to make sure the gold is there,” he said aboard Air Force One on Wednesday. “You know that? We’re going to go into Fort Knox.

“We do want to look. I mean, we hope everything’s fine with Fort Knox, but we’re gonna go to Fort Knox, the fabled Fort Knox, and make sure the gold is there … If the gold isn’t there, we’re gonna be very upset.”

Musk on Monday also cast doubt on Fort Knox’s gold stores, writing on X “who is confirming that gold wasn’t stolen from Fort Knox?”

“Maybe it’s there, maybe it’s not,” he said. “That gold is owned by the American public! We want to know if it’s still there.”

However, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on a Wisconsin radio station Wednesday the gold is still at Fort Knox.

“We do an audit every year,” Bessent said. “All the gold is present and accounted for.”

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said earlier this week he has been barred from the base in the past.

“As a U.S. senator I’ve tried repeatedly to get into Fort Knox,” he wrote on X. “Fort Knox: ‘You can’t come to Fort Knox.’ Me: ‘Why?’ Fort Knox: ‘It’s a military installation.’ Me: ‘I’m a senator; I go to military bases all the time.’ Fort Knox: ‘You still can’t come. Because, you can’t.’ ”

Paul’s father, former Rep. Ron Paul, also raised concerns with Fort Knox in 2011, according to U.S. House records.

“No one from Congress has been allowed to view the gold at Fort Knox in nearly 40 years, recent photographs of the gold holdings seem to be hard to come by, and the Mint’s and Inspector General’s audit statements contain only the bare minimum of information,” the former congressman said at the time. “Because the government has for so long refused to provide substantive information on its gold holdings, it is not surprising that so much confusion abounds, both within and without the government.”

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