总统可以凭空赚钱吗？在纸上，是的。

唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）和埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）最近谈论了诺克斯堡（Fort Knox），这是美国保留其官方黄金储备的地方。他们俩都说他们很快就会去现场进行检查，并确保黄金在那里。根据特朗普和马斯克的说法，他们想确保没有人偷了黄金。

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.

唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）和埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）最近一直在谈论诺克斯堡。美国保持官方黄金储备的地方。他们俩都说他们将很快前往现场检查一下，并确保黄金在那里。

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.

根据特朗普和马斯克的说法，他们想确保没有人偷了黄金。该计划背后的现实可能是更加愚蠢和危险的事情：他们知道黄金会在那里，并且知道他们可以使用它来创建比特币储备。

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.

诺克斯堡（Fort Knox）缺少黄金的想法是一个破旧的繁荣者Facebook阴谋理论。特朗普和马斯克爱那些。 2月24日，特朗普在与法国总统伊曼纽尔·马克龙（Emmanuel Macron）会面时，认为可能失踪的黄金。

“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.

“实际上，我们要去诺克斯，看看黄金是否在那里。因为也许有人偷了黄金。大量的黄金。”特朗普在露面时说。

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

在过去的几天里，马斯克一直在X上发布有关问题的问题。

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.

黄金可能在那里。有很多东西，而且有人在没有任何人注意的情况下将其捕捉到的机会为零。未经授权的人员仅在三次之前就进入了金库检查黄金。

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.

富兰克林·罗斯福总统（Franklin D.

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

有这些夫妻像白痴一样咧着嘴笑的图片，举起金条，并在墙上签名。

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，这是1943年的Rooselvet访问，在这里最有启发性，并且可能是使用美国黄金开始战略性比特币储备的关键。可以清楚地说，这将非常愚蠢。

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.”

内森·坦克斯（Nathan Tankus）在危机上指出，内森·坦克斯（Nathan Tankus）在他的博客上广泛介绍了这个问题。听到Tankus告诉它，诺克斯堡的旅行是“在废话包裹的会计头上建造的骗局”。

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.

这是关于总统凭空赚钱。总统有权设定美国黄金的价格。罗斯福在美国脱颖而出之后，在1934年做到了这一点。

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.

当时，美国表示，黄金的价格价值为20.67美元。罗斯福说，这实际上价值35美元，也是如此。他创造了$ 2,819,000,000。这是一个保管技巧，但它使他能够投资于世界银行和国际货币基金。

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

大约有十亿个书籍坐在书籍上，并用于避免该国在1953年的首次债务上限危机。

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.

当特朗普和马斯克访问诺克斯堡时，他们会发现5,000吨的黄金坐在金条中。美国目前估值为每盎司42美元的黄金。在公开市场上，黄金价值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，特朗普可以改变美国黄金的价格，并向美国财政部的资产负债表注入数千亿美元。他拥有权威；最高法院这样说。罗斯福在1930年代提高黄金价格时造成了宪法危机。斯科特斯在佩里诉美国案中统治了他。特朗普可以由先例服务。

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

以及如何处理8000亿美元的意外收获？

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.

当然，为什么要购买比特币。改变黄金价格并利用现金开始战略比特币储备的想法已经存在了一段时间。

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.

参议员辛西娅·卢米斯（Cynthia Lummis）（R-WY）于去年夏天通过全国优化的投资（比特币）法案提出了一项法案，称国会的提高创新，技术和竞争力。

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.

卢米斯的法案将根据当前黄金市场价格发行新的黄金证书，然后使用这些证书购买比特币。

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.

这实际上会发生吗？有可能。我们生活在怪异，愚蠢和空前的时代。总统说，他计划带领世界上最富有的人去诺克斯堡。

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.

当他们到达那里时，他们可能会说黄金根本没有消失。他们可能会说，它比他们预期的要多得多。