Yup. I had the exact same reaction - there’s no way they come out of there and say anything other than “some amount of the gold is missing”
The only question is are they going to follow that up with “and so we’re moving it to the Whitehouse for safekeeping” or are they going to walk out of there with $ print sacks
And the insane part is I can say the first part, and most people will agree. Everyone knows on some level that Trump will “find” any problem he goes looking for, reality be damned.
But say “he’s totally going to steal the gold” and suddenly it’s a bridge to far. He’s a billionaire, why does he need it? That’s absurd, the president wouldn’t rob fort Knox. He’s just auditing for corruption.
And honestly, solid chance a lot of the gold is missing already. But either way, in a few months we’re going to see him using a gold brick as a paperweight and a lot of people will still try to explain it away
I mean, I’m sure he’ll also use the photo op… But there’s no way he says all the gold is there. And honestly? It might not be, there was a lot of fuckery in how we transitioned to a fiat currency. But either way, he never falls to say he found a problem
Best scenario? He’s going as a distraction. He’s kinda been at the kiddie table, they’re keeping him busy - he’s interviewed or does a press event every day, he’s gone to an event every weekend, and he’s been going up and back between mar a Lago and the white house like twice a week. He could blame the economy dying on the missing gold instead of DOGE or something…
But one gold bar is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars… They’re also quite heavy though. He might not steal them because he would probably hurt himself trying to lift one… There’s no way he doesn’t consider it though
Yup. I had the exact same reaction - there’s no way they come out of there and say anything other than “some amount of the gold is missing”
The only question is are they going to follow that up with “and so we’re moving it to the Whitehouse for safekeeping” or are they going to walk out of there with $ print sacks
And the insane part is I can say the first part, and most people will agree. Everyone knows on some level that Trump will “find” any problem he goes looking for, reality be damned.
But say “he’s totally going to steal the gold” and suddenly it’s a bridge to far. He’s a billionaire, why does he need it? That’s absurd, the president wouldn’t rob fort Knox. He’s just auditing for corruption.
And honestly, solid chance a lot of the gold is missing already. But either way, in a few months we’re going to see him using a gold brick as a paperweight and a lot of people will still try to explain it away
My other brain just thinks he wants a photo op with the gold, and is taking cronies with him for bragging rights. Or for some quid pro quo
I mean, I’m sure he’ll also use the photo op… But there’s no way he says all the gold is there. And honestly? It might not be, there was a lot of fuckery in how we transitioned to a fiat currency. But either way, he never falls to say he found a problem
Best scenario? He’s going as a distraction. He’s kinda been at the kiddie table, they’re keeping him busy - he’s interviewed or does a press event every day, he’s gone to an event every weekend, and he’s been going up and back between mar a Lago and the white house like twice a week. He could blame the economy dying on the missing gold instead of DOGE or something…
But one gold bar is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars… They’re also quite heavy though. He might not steal them because he would probably hurt himself trying to lift one… There’s no way he doesn’t consider it though