Like I pointed out in another thread.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/18/politics/steve-mnuchin-flights

May 18, 2018

Photos and documents from Secretary Mnuchin’s Fort Knox trip released

Newly released documents shed light on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s $27,000 trip last year to Fort Knox, which allowed him two rare sights: the total solar eclipse from just outside the path of totality, and the government’s largest stockpile of gold.

The documents, released Thursday in response to a public records request from CNN, provide new details about the August 2017 trip, which was scrutinized by the department’s inspector general because it placed Mnuchin in a desirable location at the right time for viewing the solar eclipse.

Mnuchin said he visited Fort Knox with Kentucky elected officials to review the bullion depository containing government-owned gold, and the inspector general said it found no evidence of wrongdoing or that the trip “was chosen to coincide with the solar eclipse.”

People have really bad memories these days. Trump did this shit during his first election.

When Mnuchin aides began planning the trip in June, they requested the Federal Aviation Administration provide an eight-passenger jet. The quote: $17,486.29.

Instead, Treasury officials requested a C-40 military aircraft, and the group ended up using an Air Force C-37B at a cost of $26,900.25, the records show – about $9,400 more than the FAA plane.

The inspector general’s report explained the reason behind the switch as “there was concern that the available FAA aircraft, a Cessna Citation, would be unusable if the runway at Godman Army Airfield (Ft. Knox’s facility) was wet,” but noted that “we have not independently verified this assertion.” The newly released internal treasury emails offer no discussion of the possibility of a wet runway.

Perhaps they were making another strategic "withdraw".