>The Pentagon spent more money in September—the end of the 2025 fiscal year—than it had in any other year since 2008. But a good chunk of the budget wasn’t used for anything that could be considered a pertinent military expense.>The Defense Department burned through $93 billion that month alone, signing checks left and right in order to dry up its congressionally allocated budget, according to a recent analysis by the government watchdog Open the Books. >Some of the frivolous September purchases made under Secretary Pete Hegseth’s stewardship include a $98,329 Steinway & Sons grand piano for the Air Force chief of staff’s home, $5.3 million for Apple devices such as the new iPad, and an astronomical amount of shellfish, including $2 million for Alaskan king crab and $6.9 million worth of lobster tail. (Lobster tail is apparently a favorite of Hegseth’s Pentagon—the department spent more than $7.4 million total on the luxury item in March, May, June, and October.)>In other pricey food purchases, the government decided to drop $15.1 million for ribeye steak (again, just in September), $124,000 for ice cream machines, and $139,224 on 272 orders of doughnuts.>Weeks later, millions of Americans would lose their SNAP benefits amid the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. More still stand to lose eligibility to the food assistance program thanks to a Republican crusade that added stricter work requirements to the program, piling on paperwork and documentation mandates.>One of the largest bulk expenditures was just for furniture, for which the Pentagon decided to shell out $225 million. That included $12,000 for fruit basket stands, and checks totaling more than $60,000 for Herman Miller recliners. All in all, the agency spent more on furniture in 2025 than it had in over a decade.https://newrepublic.com/post/207555/pete-hegseth-billions-dollars-fruit-basket-stands-chairs-crab
Who cares. If anyone deserves it, it's him. We need to rebuild the third temple for the second coming of Christ.
>>530392441Yeah this Admin's gone full on kleptocracyhttps://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-administration-poised-accept-palace-sky-gift-trump/story?id=121680511
>>530392441why dont americans go viva la revolution eat za cake to these billionaire children eating bitches for how they get jewed on so much...you guys got guns dont ya?
>>530392998Mutts are the most docile and cucked race on the planet
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>>530392441are you surprised a bunch of closeted faggots and pedos spend so much on furniture?
>>530392441Did they actually buy the stuff or was it just on paper, with all the money going to pockets?
>>530392441>$139,224 on 272 orders of doughnuts.How do you spend $500 on donuts 272 times?
>>530392441Your tariff money, btw
