總統可以憑空賺錢嗎？在紙上，是的。

唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）和埃隆·馬斯克（Elon Musk）最近談論了諾克斯堡（Fort Knox），這是美國保留其官方黃金儲備的地方。他們倆都說他們很快就會去現場進行檢查，並確保黃金在那裡。根據特朗普和馬斯克的說法，他們想確保沒有人偷了黃金。

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have been talking a lot about Fort Knox lately. The place where America keeps its official gold reserves. Both have said they’re gonna take a trip to the site soon to check it out and make sure the gold is there.

唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）和埃隆·馬斯克（Elon Musk）最近一直在談論諾克斯堡。美國保持官方黃金儲備的地方。他們倆都說他們將很快前往現場檢查一下，並確保黃金在那裡。

According to Trump and Musk, they wanna make sure no one stole the gold. The reality behind the scheme may be something even more stupid and dangerous: they know the gold will be there and know they can use it to create a Bitcoin reserve.

根據特朗普和馬斯克的說法，他們想確保沒有人偷了黃金。該計劃背後的現實可能是更加愚蠢和危險的事情：他們知道黃金會在那裡，並且知道他們可以使用它來創建比特幣儲備。

The idea that Fort Knox is missing gold is a well-worn Boomer Facebook conspiracy theory. Trump and Musk love those. On February 24, while meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, Trump opined on the possibly missing gold.

諾克斯堡（Fort Knox）缺少黃金的想法是一個破舊的繁榮者Facebook陰謀理論。特朗普和馬斯克愛那些。 2月24日，特朗普在與法國總統伊曼紐爾·馬克龍（Emmanuel Macron）會面時，認為可能失踪的黃金。

“We’re actually going to Ft Knox to see if the gold is there. Because maybe somebody stole the gold. Tons of gold,” Trump said during the appearance.

“實際上，我們要去諾克斯，看看黃金是否在那裡。因為也許有人偷了黃金。大量的黃金。”特朗普在露面時說。

Musk has been posting on X about the issue off and on over the past few days.

在過去的幾天裡，馬斯克一直在X上發布有關問題的問題。

The gold is probably there. There’s a lot of it, and the chances that someone would ferret it away without anyone noticing are zero. Non-authorized personnel have gone into the vaults to inspect the gold only three times before.

黃金可能在那裡。有很多東西，而且有人在沒有任何人注意的情況下將其捕捉到的機會為零。未經授權的人員僅在三次之前就進入了金庫檢查黃金。

President Franklin D. Roosevelt went in 1943. Congress went with a group of journalists in 1974. In 2017, during the first Trump presidency, then-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin visited with McConnell.

富蘭克林·羅斯福總統（Franklin D.

There are pictures of the pair grinning like idiots, holding up gold bars, and signing their names on the wall.

有這些夫妻像白痴一樣咧著嘴笑的圖片，舉起金條，並在牆上簽名。

But it’s the 1943 visit by Rooselvet that’s most instructive here and may hold the key to using America’s gold to jumpstart a strategic Bitcoin reserve. Which would, to be clear, be very stupid.

但是，這是1943年的Rooselvet訪問，在這裡最有啟發性，並且可能是使用美國黃金開始戰略性比特幣儲備的關鍵。可以清楚地說，這將非常愚蠢。

This issue has been covered extensively and in-depth by Nathan Tankus on his blog, Notes On the Crises. To hear Tankus tell it, the Fort Knox trip is “a scam built atop an accounting gimmick wrapped in bullshit.”

內森·坦克斯（Nathan Tankus）在危機上指出，內森·坦克斯（Nathan Tankus）在他的博客上廣泛介紹了這個問題。聽到Tankus告訴它，諾克斯堡的旅行是“在廢話包裹的會計頭上建造的騙局”。

It’s about the president making money out of thin air. The President has the authority to set the price of America’s gold. Roosevelt did this in 1934 after America went off the gold standard.

這是關於總統憑空賺錢。總統有權設定美國黃金的價格。羅斯福在美國脫穎而出之後，在1934年做到了這一點。

At the time, the U.S. said the price of gold was worth $20.67 a fine ounce. Roosevelt said it was actually worth $35, and so it was. He created $2,819,000,000. It was a book-keeping trick, but one that allowed him to invest in the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

當時，美國表示，黃金的價格價值為20.67美元。羅斯福說，這實際上價值35美元，也是如此。他創造了$ 2,819,000,000。這是一個保管技巧，但它使他能夠投資於世界銀行和國際貨幣基金。

About a billion of it sat on the books and was used to avert the country’s first debt ceiling crisis in 1953.

大約有十億個書籍坐在書籍上，並用於避免該國在1953年的首次債務上限危機。

When Trump and Musk visit Fort Knox, they’ll find 5,000 tons of gold sitting in gold bars. Gold that the U.S. currently values at $42 an ounce. Gold that would be worth $2,800 an ounce on the open market.

當特朗普和馬斯克訪問諾克斯堡時，他們會發現5,000噸的黃金坐在金條中。美國目前估值為每盎司42美元的黃金。在公開市場上，黃金價值2,800美元。

With the wave of a hand, Trump could change the price of U.S. gold and inject hundreds of billions of dollars into the U.S. Treasury’s balance sheet. He has the authority; the Supreme Court says so. Roosevelt caused a constitutional crisis when he upped the price of gold in the 1930s. SCOTUS ruled in his favor in Perry v. United States. Trump may be served by the precedent.

借助一波，特朗普可以改變美國黃金的價格，並向美國財政部的資產負債表注入數千億美元。他擁有權威；最高法院這樣說。羅斯福在1930年代提高黃金價格時造成了憲法危機。斯科特斯在佩里訴美國案中統治了他。特朗普可以由先例服務。

And what to do with an $800 billion dollar windfall?

以及如何處理8000億美元的意外收穫？

Why, buy Bitcoin, of course. The idea to change the price of gold and use the cash to start a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve has been around for a while.

當然，為什麼要購買比特幣。改變黃金價格並利用現金開始戰略比特幣儲備的想法已經存在了一段時間。

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced a bill into Congress last summer called the Boosting Innovation, Technology, and Competitiveness through Optimized Investment Nationwide (BITCOIN) Act.

參議員辛西婭·盧米斯（Cynthia Lummis）（R-WY）於去年夏天通過全國優化的投資（比特幣）法案提出了一項法案，稱國會的提高創新，技術和競爭力。

Lummis’ Act would have the Treasury issue new gold certificates based on the current market price of gold and then use those certificates to buy up Bitcoins.

盧米斯的法案將根據當前黃金市場價格發行新的黃金證書，然後使用這些證書購買比特幣。

Could this actually happen? It’s possible. We’re living in weird, stupid, and unprecedented times. The President says he’s planning to take the world’s richest man on a trip to Fort Knox.

這實際上會發生嗎？有可能。我們生活在怪異，愚蠢和空前的時代。總統說，他計劃帶領世界上最富有的人去諾克斯堡。

It’s possible that when they get there, they’ll say that the gold hasn’t vanished at all. They may say that there’s far more of it than they expected.

當他們到達那裡時，他們可能會說黃金根本沒有消失。他們可能會說，它比他們預期的要多得多。