Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab. The Defense Department went on a $93 billion

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Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab The Defense Department went on a billion spending spree in 2025. ...

— US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal (@us-political-news.bsky.social) 2026-03-09T22:25:29Z

[electric_blue68]

1. Asshat for SO many reasons!

[Initech]

2. Ha ha ha ha ha ha, OMG this administration sucks so bad.

[questionseverything]

3. Over 20 million for lobster and 🦀 for defense cabinet heads

And they cut hungry kids food stamps to pay for it

[a kennedy]

4. Just fawk them all!!!!!!!

Have I said that I hate and totally despise this whole gawd damn administration!!!!!! 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

[Maru Kitteh]

10. Not to mention the 1 million dead from killing USAID.

[Blue Owl]

5. tRump has officially re-defined the term "SHITSHOW" to the point where...

what was previously considered a 'shitshow' is now, by comparison, a well-organized, coherent, responsible display of competence

[progressoid]

6. I'm sure the party of fiscal responsibility will get right on this.

[Skittles]

7. in the meantime

FUCK YOU if you want affordable healthcare insurance

[PatSeg]

8. How is that even possible?

A whole lot of people getting rich off this administration.

[calimary]

14. All the wrong ones. Thieves and scoundrels get in for free.

[chowder66]

9. We need a fucking moratorium on paying taxes until this shit gets investigated and corrected.

I'm sick of seeing our tax dollars being hoarded, abused and stolen.

[superpatriotman]

11. Impeach

Indict. Imprison.

[BidenRocks]

12. The conduct of many justifies a large tax on the rich.

Someone has to pay the debt and we sure didn't profit.
75% tax rate.
Just like the good old days!

[dflprincess]

13. Waste, fraud, and abuse is just the way the Defense, excuse me, War Department has always been run

and no one ever questions it.

[0rganism]

15. If I ever again hear the words "fraud, waste, and abuse" drop from the lips of a Republican, well...

... I really don't know what I'll do, but whatever it turns out to be will be done from a place of righteous outrage.