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bucolic_frolic

(55,716 posts) Mon May 11, 2026, 06:19 AM 8 hrs ago

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Trump says he wants to check whether the gold in Fort Knox is still there because 'they steal a lot'

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-fort-knox-gold-steal-b2973930.html

Trump says he wants to check whether the gold in Fort Knox is still there because ‘they steal a lot’

President Donald Trump says he still wants to travel to Fort Knox, peer inside its secure vaults and verify that the gold is still there — because, he said: “They steal a lot.”

~SNIP~

“Well, we wanted to go and knock on their door — Fort Knox, very thick door — and to see whether or not we have any gold in there,” Trump said, after being reminded about his earlier promise.

“It’s a very interesting question. We played with that. I wondered if they left the gold in Fort Knox because they steal a lot,” he added, though who exactly he was referring to was not clarified.

When asked if he still intends to follow through, the Republican president responded: “I do want to go to Fort Knox sometime. I want to see if the gold is there, which I’m sure it will be.”

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Trump says he wants to check whether the gold in Fort Knox is still there because 'they steal a lot' (Original Post) bucolic_frolic 8 hrs ago OP

Rape that safe too Whip-poor-will 8 hrs ago #1

Well shithole probably stole that too.................... Lovie777 8 hrs ago #2

;-{) GOLD FEVER Goonch 8 hrs ago #3

That's a classic symptom of dementia - thinking "they" are stealing things, without evidence muriel_volestrangler 8 hrs ago #4

Didn't he do this before with Muskrat in tow? Blue Full Moon 7 hrs ago #5

Gee Donnie, who is it that steals a lot? eShirl 7 hrs ago #6

LOCK HIM IN! LOCK HIM IN ! Jaydog 7 hrs ago #7

He shouldn't be allowed anywhere near Emile 7 hrs ago #8

I recommend a different kind of secure building for him newdeal2 7 hrs ago #11

New title: Scrooge McFuck DFW 7 hrs ago #9

"When you're the president they let you do it!" durablend 5 hrs ago #22

I just read a short story called "Cleaning The Gold" a Jack Reacher/ Will Trent short story. Srkdqltr 7 hrs ago #10

Sounds like the opening salvo... Wuddles440 7 hrs ago #12

Check Ivana's golf course grave. It's probably there. Trump's so demented he forgot about it. Vinca 7 hrs ago #13

The man obsessed with gold is malaise 7 hrs ago #14

"They" meaning deep state gold thieves johnnyfins 7 hrs ago #15

They means black people Johonny 6 hrs ago #19

Let's send gold-obsessed nutbag to check the gold kerouac2 6 hrs ago #16

Security footage... kerouac2 6 hrs ago #17

Clear indicator that he stole gold on Musks last visit. Hope22 6 hrs ago #18

I am so tired of reporters pretending they are talking to a competent adult, tanyev 6 hrs ago #20

WHO is "They"?? lastlib 5 hrs ago #21

All projection malaise 3 hrs ago #25

That assface is A MILLION PERCENT PROJECTION usonian 4 hrs ago #23

There ain't no Grift that he can't Grift ashredux 3 hrs ago #24

Projection. MontanaMama 3 hrs ago #26

Buying Into Conspiracy Theories? ProfessorGAC 3 hrs ago #27

Dumbass! MineralMan 3 hrs ago #28

I am shocked. ChazInAz 2 hrs ago #29

Reminded me of this pic of Steven Mnuchin IcyPeas 2 hrs ago #30

Whip-poor-will

(475 posts)

1. Rape that safe too

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 06:28 AM

8 hrs ago

Didn't they used to call it "casing the joint "?

Lovie777

(23,592 posts)

2. Well shithole probably stole that too....................

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 06:36 AM

8 hrs ago

bankrupting the USA is RWer's goal.

Now they going to blame someone else.

Goonch

(5,524 posts)

3. ;-{) GOLD FEVER

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 06:48 AM

8 hrs ago

muriel_volestrangler

(106,526 posts)

4. That's a classic symptom of dementia - thinking "they" are stealing things, without evidence

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 06:52 AM

8 hrs ago

https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-dementia/stages-and-symptoms/delusions

Blue Full Moon

(3,635 posts)

5. Didn't he do this before with Muskrat in tow?

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 06:59 AM

7 hrs ago

eShirl

(20,400 posts)

6. Gee Donnie, who is it that steals a lot?

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 07:10 AM

7 hrs ago

Jaydog

(149 posts)

7. LOCK HIM IN! LOCK HIM IN !

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 07:13 AM

7 hrs ago

Emile

(43,147 posts)

8. He shouldn't be allowed anywhere near

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 07:23 AM

7 hrs ago

Fort Knox.

newdeal2

(5,564 posts)

11. I recommend a different kind of secure building for him

Reply to Emile (Reply #8)

Mon May 11, 2026, 07:34 AM

7 hrs ago

Maybe Alcatraz.

DFW

(60,396 posts)

9. New title: Scrooge McFuck

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 07:25 AM

7 hrs ago

If he thinks he is going to waltz in there and inconspicuously pop a few five kilo gold bricks in his jacket pocket without anyone noticing, he had better consult a chemist, inquire about gold's specific gravity, and think again.

durablend

(9,351 posts)

22. "When you're the president they let you do it!"

Reply to DFW (Reply #9)

Mon May 11, 2026, 09:36 AM

5 hrs ago

Srkdqltr

(9,903 posts)

10. I just read a short story called "Cleaning The Gold" a Jack Reacher/ Will Trent short story.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 07:26 AM

7 hrs ago

Interesting take on the gold in Fort Knox.

Wuddles440

(2,121 posts)

12. Sounds like the opening salvo...

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 07:34 AM

7 hrs ago

for another distraction campaign.

Vinca

(54,290 posts)

13. Check Ivana's golf course grave. It's probably there. Trump's so demented he forgot about it.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 07:41 AM

7 hrs ago

malaise

(297,706 posts)

14. The man obsessed with gold is

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 07:48 AM

7 hrs ago

projecting yet again

johnnyfins

(3,948 posts)

15. "They" meaning deep state gold thieves

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 07:56 AM

7 hrs ago

Led by someone named "Goldfinger".

Johonny

(26,535 posts)

19. They means black people

Reply to johnnyfins (Reply #15)

Mon May 11, 2026, 08:36 AM

6 hrs ago

He is fucking racist.

kerouac2

(1,516 posts)

16. Let's send gold-obsessed nutbag to check the gold

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 08:01 AM

6 hrs ago

What could possibly go wrong?

kerouac2

(1,516 posts)

17. Security footage...

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 08:05 AM

6 hrs ago

Hope22

(4,850 posts)

18. Clear indicator that he stole gold on Musks last visit.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 08:29 AM

6 hrs ago

Hello people, lock the doors and don’t let him in. T always tells just what he is going to do! Enough!

tanyev

(49,614 posts)

20. I am so tired of reporters pretending they are talking to a competent adult,

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 08:38 AM

6 hrs ago

and their news organizations unquestioningly running the stories without any comment on how bizarre this president is.

lastlib

(28,556 posts)

21. WHO is "They"??

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 09:25 AM

5 hrs ago

Idiot demented rapist/Traitor using pronouns without antecedents is totally f*cked up in the head, probably projecting, dreaming of stealing it himself.

I do NOT want this THIEF/Felon/Fraudster anywhere NEAR Fort Knox gold.

malaise

(297,706 posts)

25. All projection

Reply to lastlib (Reply #21)

Mon May 11, 2026, 11:22 AM

3 hrs ago

All the time

usonian

(26,463 posts)

23. That assface is A MILLION PERCENT PROJECTION

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 10:55 AM

4 hrs ago

Every accusation, every BREATH is a confession.

If he could drive a truck, you know what he would do.

Pussy Galore is setting it up.

ashredux

(2,955 posts)

24. There ain't no Grift that he can't Grift

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 11:17 AM

3 hrs ago

MontanaMama

(24,749 posts)

26. Projection.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 11:37 AM

3 hrs ago

He’s telling us that he’s either stolen the gold or he plans to.

ProfessorGAC

(77,191 posts)

27. Buying Into Conspiracy Theories?

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 11:43 AM

3 hrs ago

Gee, that couldn't be cognitive decline, could it?

MineralMan

(151,498 posts)

28. Dumbass!

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 11:53 AM

3 hrs ago

ChazInAz

(3,031 posts)

29. I am shocked.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 12:33 PM

2 hrs ago

I speculated on this just this past Thursday.
Did I give Kraznov a nefarious idea?

IcyPeas

(25,745 posts)

30. Reminded me of this pic of Steven Mnuchin

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 12:55 PM

2 hrs ago

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