Elon Musk is calling for a ‘live video walkthrough’ to make sure the gold is there

An official who is in charge of the Fort Knox $400 billion gold supply has responded to Elon Musk’s claims that the gold could have gone missing.

Musk has been making some wild claims about the state of government expenditure since taking over as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

While it’s not technically a government department, President Trump stated that the team would act as an outside advisor on federal spending.

Since taking on the role, Musk has been hacking away at the government’s budget by canceling contracts and making mass layoffs.

Now, the Tesla boss has gone one step further to claim that the US government’s famous gold reserves at Fort Knox have gone missing.

Taking to his own social media platform X, formerly Twitter, the billionaire began to question whether the gold was ‘still there’ or if it had ‘gone’.

On Monday (February 17), Musk wrote: “Who is confirming that gold wasn’t stolen from Fort Knox?

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

Musk even went as far as to call for a ‘live video walkthrough’ to make sure it was there.

Trump weighed in on the matter, telling the press: “We hope everything’s fine with Fort Knox, but we’re going to go to Fort Knox…to make sure the gold is there.”

“If the gold isn’t there, we’re going to be very upset.”

Now, the official who is in charge of the gold has set the record straight.

Speaking to Bloomberg, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, said: “I can tell you that we do an audit every year. I can tell the American people on camera right now that there is a report from September 30th 2024, all the gold is there.

“Any US senator who wants to come and visit it can arrange a visit through our office.”

Musk has also sparked controversy this week by throwing slurs at an astronaut who called him out for a ‘lie’.

This is after the SpaceX CEO claimed two NASA astronauts, Sunita ‘Suni’ Williams and Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore, had been left in space ‘for political reasons’.

Reposting the clip on X, astronaut and former SpaceX pilot Andreas Mogensen criticized the comment, writing: “What a lie. And from someone who complains about lack of honesty from the mainstream media.”

Musk then shocked people with his response as he wrote back: “You are fully r*******. SpaceX could have brought them back several months ago. I OFFERED THIS DIRECTLY to the Biden administration and they refused. Return WAS pushed back for political reasons. Idiot.”

Mogensen replied: “Elon, I have long admired you and what you have accomplished, especially at SpaceX and Tesla.

“You know as well as I do, that Butch and Suni are returning with Crew-9, as has been the plan since last September. Even now, you are not sending up a rescue ship to bring them home. They are returning on the Dragon capsule that has been on ISS since last September.”

Trump responds to Elon Musk’s plan for thousands in ‘DOGE dividends’ to be refunded to Americans

The president seems to be in favor of Musk’s plan to give 20% of savings to taxpayers

President Donald Trump has responded to Elon Musk’s plan for thousands of dollars in ‘DOGE dividends’ to be refunded to Americans.

Musk made the suggestion along with his supporters to cut a check for Americans for the ‘savings’ that have allegedly been made by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

And it looks like Trump is a fan of the idea.

Speaking at a conference in Miami on Wednesday (February 19), the president backed the Tesla boss’ plan to give 20% of the money saved straight back into the pockets of the American taxpayers.

Trump said: “The numbers are incredible, Elon. So many billions, it’s billions, hundreds of billions. We’re thinking of giving 20% back to the American citizens and 20% to pay back debt, pay down debt.

“By doing this, Americans will be telling us where there’s waste, they’ll be reporting it themselves.”

So far, it hasn’t been made clear where the remaining 60% of savings will go.

Most of the federal spendings reductions made by DOGE have come from canceling contracts and making mass layoffs of government staff.

The organization, which is not technically a government department and is instead an outside advisor, is facing a slew of lawsuits.

Jessica Riedl, who is a senior fellow at right-leaning think tank Manhattan Institute, spoke to The Washington Post where she said: “Given the very small share of federal spending that has been reduced, the American people could possibly take their dividend to Starbucks for half off of one coffee.

“When the budget deficit is $2 trillion and Congress is going to add hundreds of billions of dollars more, any savings should go to deficit reduction, rather than another tax rebate.”

James Fishback, who is the CEO of investment firm Azoria, has claimed that 78 million households that pay federal income taxes would each receive $5,000 under the plan, which would involve Musk chopping down federal spending by a whopping $2 trillion.

Fears have grown over where those cuts would be made in order to achieve this new budget, with many people worrying that this could impact vital things like Medicare benefits payments.

On X, formerly Twitter, Fishback wrote: “Our proposal for the president is simple: Taxpaying households should receive $1 for every $5 of total savings that DOGE delivers.”

In response, Musk said: “Will check with the president.”

And the very next day, Trump spoke about the idea in Miami.