Ft. Knox…

[Grim Reaper]

The Fort Knox conspiracy survives for the same reason urban legends do, it’s shiny, spooky, and impossible to kill because it feeds on distrust, not facts.

And Trump? He doesn’t believe it so much as he weaponizes it, a fog machine he can turn on whenever he wants the crowd to gasp.

 

[Yakuda]

I dono, The PP sure made a huge deal about it in the campaign!

The peoples president is worried about people climbing on gold? ok

 

[Yakuda]

Hahahaha! I've been appointed your "illustrator." Enjoy.

Pizza made by epstein ^^^^^^

 

[zymurgy]

When is the PP going to inspect Ft. Knox?

Remember, the kooks were climbing the gold had all been stolen?

derp derp

If the United States was already unable to fully honor dollar-for-gold redemption in 1971, and the most famous “audit” people point to in 1974 examined only a fraction of the holdings, then skepticism is perfectly reasonable. The government says there have been continuing audits and seal checks since then, but that is not the same thing as a fresh, independent, full physical audit that the public can actually trust. After more than half a century without that kind of complete verification, treating questions about Fort Knox as crazy is backwards. At that point, the irrational position is not wanting a closer look.

 

[Grim Reaper]

derp derp

If the United States was already unable to fully honor dollar-for-gold redemption in 1971, and the most famous “audit” people point to in 1974 examined only a fraction of the holdings, then skepticism is perfectly reasonable. The government says there have been continuing audits and seal checks since then, but that is not the same thing as a fresh, independent, full physical audit that the public can actually trust. After more than half a century without that kind of complete verification, treating questions about Fort Knox as crazy is backwards. At that point, the irrational position is not wanting a closer look.

• The U.S. gold reserves have been fully audited — but not recently, and not in a way that satisfies public transparency.
• Skepticism is reasonable, conspiracy claims are unsupported, and the government’s communication failures fuel the confusion.

 

[Ross Dolan]

derp derp

If the United States was already unable to fully honor dollar-for-gold redemption in 1971, and the most famous “audit” people point to in 1974 examined only a fraction of the holdings, then skepticism is perfectly reasonable. The government says there have been continuing audits and seal checks since then, but that is not the same thing as a fresh, independent, full physical audit that the public can actually trust. After more than half a century without that kind of complete verification, treating questions about Fort Knox as crazy is backwards. At that point, the irrational position is not wanting a closer look.

In 1971, gold was priced at $35 per ounce.

Now it is priced at $4700 per ounce.

America presently has gold reserves of 261.5 million troy ounces.

 

[Damocles]

I remember Trump saying he wanted to go in and look but was sure the gold was there. The last public audit was in 1974, but internal audits are conducted each year...

Do you have evidence he never went there to look?

 

[Grim Reaper]

Asking Do you have evidence he never went to Fort Knox? is just a fancy way of admitting there’s no evidence he did. A presidential visit isn’t a ghost sighting, it leaves motorcades, press pools, flight restrictions, and a paper trail a mile wide.

None of that exists.

So no, he didn’t secretly tiptoe into Fort Knox.

 

[Ross Dolan]

I remember Trump saying he wanted to go in and look but was sure the gold was there. The last public audit was in 1974, but internal audits are conducted each year...

Do you have evidence he never went there to look?

I certainly do not have first-hand evidence, but the last thing in the world I want is to have Trump get within touching distance of that gold.

 

[zymurgy]

I remember Trump saying he wanted to go in and look but was sure the gold was there. The last public audit was in 1974, but internal audits are conducted each year...

Do you have evidence he never went there to look?

Le Sigh

The 1974 audit looked at 21% of the gold. Nobody has done a full audit. They have slowly "inspected it all". I guarantee we would not allow this type of "inspection" of Iran's nuclear material

I’m actually far less concerned with the how much gold is left, or the exact price of gold than I am with the reason gold keeps going up

Federal spending per citizen went from a few hundred dollars to nearly $20,000 per person per year.

The story isn’t “wow, gold got expensive.”

It’s “wow, we apparently cannot stop the spending insanity” — and the price of gold is simply reflecting that reality back at us. It is highly reasonable to be worry of fraud as the entire system is a house of cards anyway

 

[Jarod]

derp derp

If the United States was already unable to fully honor dollar-for-gold redemption in 1971, and the most famous “audit” people point to in 1974 examined only a fraction of the holdings, then skepticism is perfectly reasonable. The government says there have been continuing audits and seal checks since then, but that is not the same thing as a fresh, independent, full physical audit that the public can actually trust. After more than half a century without that kind of complete verification, treating questions about Fort Knox as crazy is backwards. At that point, the irrational position is not wanting a closer look.

SO why is The PP not going to look, like he said he would?

 

[zymurgy]

SO why is The PP not going to look, like he said he would?

same reason he lied about Epstein. it isn't politically expedient for him to honor all his promises

 

[Jarod]

The peoples president is worried about people climbing on gold? ok

??

 

[Grim Reaper]

??

He thinks he’s being clever because you typed “climbing” instead of “claiming.”Cute. It’s the kind of joke people make when they don’t have an actual point, so they latch onto a typo like it’s the smartest thing they’ve said all week.

 

[Yakuda]

He thinks he’s being clever because you typed “climbing” instead of “claiming.”Cute. It’s the kind of joke people make when they don’t have an actual point, so they latch onto a typo like it’s the smartest thing they’ve said all week.

Right because this is a mind numbingly stupid thread started by another rabid TDS sufferer. You fucking idiots having nothing better to do.

 

[Yakuda]

?

TDS does that to people

 

[Yakuda]

How excellent! So pleased for you!

This from a "strong" woman that cant address people.

 

[Grim Reaper]

Right because this is a mind numbingly stupid thread started by another rabid TDS sufferer. You fucking idiots having nothing better to do.

Yakuda, relax.

You’re foaming at the mouth over a typo joke and calling everyone rabid while you’re the only one sprinting around the thread with your hair on fire.

If the thread is mind‑numbingly stupid, here’s a wild idea, Stop reading it. Nobody’s chaining you to the drama you swear you’re above.

All that rage just because someone mistyped a word. Touch grass, not the keyboard.

 

[Yakuda]

Yakuda, relax.

You’re foaming at the mouth over a typo joke and calling everyone rabid while you’re the only one sprinting around the thread with your hair on fire.

If the thread is mind‑numbingly stupid, here’s a wild idea, Stop reading it. Nobody’s chaining you to the drama you swear you’re above.

All that rage just because someone mistyped a word. Touch grass, not the keyboard.

I have rage but not a jarod or you because youre two retarded muppets with TDS.

 

[QP!]

I remember Trump saying he wanted to go in and look but was sure the gold was there. The last public audit was in 1974, but internal audits are conducted each year...

Do you have evidence he never went there to look?

I certainly do not have first-hand evidence, but the last thing in the world I want is to have Trump get within touching distance of that gold.

Below is not iron clad proof as Trump dementia could have seen him go and forget he went or his dementia could just have him forget he was ever interested in going.

Both options are in play.

Confused Trump, 79, Nearly Forgets What He Said About Hidden Gold​

Donald Trump was briefly speechless when asked about his repeated vows last year to inspect the gold at Fort Knox as part of his supposed fight against fraud and corruption.

The 79-year-old president appeared on Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson Sunday, and was questioned about his dream of frisking the Kentucky site based on a decades-old conspiracy theory that the gold reserves within have been spirited away.

Asked what happened with his planned audit of Fort Knox, Trump looked into the distance for a while before pouting and asking: “Which one are you talking about?”

Attkisson offered a gentle reminder: “There was, I think, when you first got into office you and Elon Musk talked about auditing the gold to make sure it’s there.”


Given the brief recap, Trump quickly perked up and interrupted his host to say: “Well, we wanted to go knock on the door—it’s Fort Knox, it’s a very thick door—and to see whether or not we have any gold in there.

“Because, uh, take a look at it, it’s a very interesting question. We played with that. I wonder if they left the gold in Fort Knox, because they steal a lot.”...