BREAKING: Elon Musk’s DOGE Prepares To Audit US gold Reserves At Fort Knox

Elon Musk is once again making waves, this time setting his sights on Fort Knox, the heavily guarded U.S. Army post that reportedly houses a significant portion of the nation’s gold reserves. Musk, who has been instrumental in reshaping technology, space travel, and now government efficiency, questioned whether the gold is still there—and he’s calling for an audit.

The initiative, spearheaded by Musk under the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is part of the Trump administration’s broader push for transparency in federal financial matters. DOGE—despite its humorous acronym—has been a serious government initiative contracted under the United States Digital Service, with the goal of eliminating waste and uncovering inefficiencies.

Musk’s concerns about the U.S. gold supply gained traction following a viral post on his X (formerly Twitter) account, where he shared a meme from South Park with the caption, “Looking for the gold at Fort Knox …” The post immediately garnered millions of views, igniting speculation about the true state of America’s gold holdings.

Musk isn’t the only one raising eyebrows. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) revealed he has repeatedly been denied access to Fort Knox, despite being a sitting U.S. senator. In a post responding to Musk, Lee also added his uncertainty.

Musk, never one to shy away from bold ideas, initially took his push a step further by proposing a live video walkthrough of Fort Knox to verify the gold’s existence.

“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.”

The most recent significant audit of the U.S. gold reserves at Fort Knox occurred between 1974 and 1986, during which approximately 97% of the gold was inspected. However, a Freedom of Information Act request revealed that seven reports from these audits are missing.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told Fox Business on Monday.”I think some of them may not think it needs to be audited all the time, but I think the more sunlight, the better, more transparency, the better. And also, it brings attention to the fact that gold still has value and implicitly, not explicitly, but implicitly, gold still gives value to the dollar.”

“That’s why we don’t get rid of it,” Paul added. “We’ve got it. The IMF has it, the World Bank has it. Most of the central banks… around the world have gold, and it’s an implicit trust that the dollar still has some backing.”

“I didn’t get to go down, but the secretary of treasury and the senior senator from Kentucky did go down and attest that they believe they saw the gold down there,” Sen. Paul explained.

Fort Knox is an Army post in Kentucky, best known for housing the United States Bullion Depository, one of the most secure facilities in the world. The depository holds a significant portion of the nation’s gold reserves, worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

Established in 1918 as Camp Knox and later renamed after Henry Knox, the first U.S. Secretary of War, the installation spans over 109,000 acres and serves as a key military training center. Security at Fort Knox is among the most stringent in the world.

The gold vault is protected by a two-foot-thick steel and concrete door, armed military personnel, and advanced electronic surveillance. While conspiracy theories have suggested that much of the gold is missing, the last public audit in 1953 confirmed its presence, and the U.S. government maintains that the reserves remain intact.