While President Trump says he personally plans to check on the nation’s massive gold stockpile at Fort Knox, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says other ranking government officials have verified the supply of precious metal is indeed there and safe.

Despite assurances made last week by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that all of the U.S. gold reserves kept at the Fort Knox military installation are “present and accounted for,” President Trump continues to insist that he and Elon Musk will soon travel to Kentucky to make sure the gold bars haven’t been stolen.

If you are not a close follower of Elon Musk ’s X replies, or of libertarians preoccupied with investing in gold and crypto, you may be confused about why President Trump announced on Monday that he’s going to investigate a potential Fort Knox gold heist.

This week, Trump falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war with Russia, echoing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rhetoric — even though it was Putin who ordered the invasion of Ukraine. In a Truth Social post Wednesday, Trump called Zelenskyy a “dictator without elections."

The divide between the U.S. and our allies is growing over Russia's war in Ukraine due to President Trump's comments about Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and his refusal to call Russian President Putin a dictator.