It is reported that US President Trump proposed in an interview on May 10th to go to the Fort Knox gold vault in Kentucky to confirm the gold reserves and questioned whether "certain people" may have stolen the gold. The White House and Fort Knox have not yet responded. The Fort Knox Treasury was built in 1936 and holds approximately 147 million ounces of gold, accounting for 56% of the official US gold reserves. According to the Federal Reserve's 2025 research brief, the 262 million ounces of gold held by the US Treasury were recorded at the 1973 statutory price of $42.22 per ounce, with a total value of approximately $11 billion. If revalued at the current gold price of $4700 per ounce, it will generate an accounting floating profit of over $1.2 trillion. Several analysts believe that reassessing gold can reduce debt pressure and inject liquidity.
