Elon Musk urged U.S. officials to audit how much gold is at the Fort Knox military base in Kentucky, addressing decades-old conspiracies that the U.S. gold reserves are no longer there.
FORT KNOX, Ky. — While flying back to Washington aboard Air Force One on Wednesday night, a reporter asked President Donald Trump whether Elon Musk would pursue budget cuts at the Pentagon.
Musk, with the encouragement of Republicans like Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), has pushed for a review of Fort Knox and spread unfounded claims that gold reserves are missing ...