Scott Bessent casually says the U.S. has more than $1 trillion in gold—and that it doesn’t matter for the dollar

Fortune•Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 07:16 PM•2 min read

The Treasury Secretary says he hasn’t been to Fort Knox, but said all $600 billion in gold there is “present and accounted for.

Source: [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/07/22/scott-bessent-fort-knox-1-trillion-gold-present-accounted-for/)

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