President Donald Trump said Elon Musk would be checking out Fort Knox to make sure the gold is still there. While flying back to Washington aboard Air Force One on Wednesday night, a reporter asked President Donald Trump whether Elon Musk would pursue budget cuts at the Pentagon.

Boeing (NYSE:BA) has the help of Elon Musk in satisfying the requirements to deliver two new Air Force One jets after U.S. President Donald Trump complained about the program, the planemaker's chief executive,

CNBC anchors had a laugh at a wild idea floated by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk — maybe there's really no gold in Fort Knox!

President Trump toured a Boeing aircraft, highlighting delays in the Air Force One project, while Elon Musk works with Boeing to speed up production.

Boeing's CEO said Elon Musk is helping the planemaker work through bottlenecks that have caused Air Force One jets to fall years behind schedule.

Among the ways being discussed to force faster delivery of two presidential planes are relaxing security clearances for Boeing workers and even purchasing a temporary luxury plane and retrofitting it.

Billionaire Elon Musk is now lending a hand to Boeing, assisting the company with developing the long-delayed 747-8-based VC-25B Air Force One replacement that president Donald Trump badly desires.

And while the Department of Defense is rife with corruption, and likely the most ripe target for massive spending cuts in the U.S. government, it’s clear from Hegseth’s own limp denial that he fired the three JAGs for the purpose of replacing them with MAGA loyalists who won’t stop the Trump administration from doing whatever it wants.

Tinker Air Force Base is one of the largest employers in Oklahoma, with more than 26,000 military and civilian employees. Though it hasn't happened yet, hundreds of civilian employees could be in line to lose their jobs at Tinker Air Force Base sometime this month.

Elon Musk is assisting Boeing in resolving delays and cost overruns for Air Force One, as the company works to speed up delivery.