Late Night Roasts Pentagon Spending and Pete Hegseth’s Fruit Baskets
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A Late Night Roundup recap centers on Stephen Colbert joking about the Pentagon’s 2025 spending spree—lavish seafood, donuts, ice cream machines, and even fruit-basket stands—while poking fun at Pete Hegseth and other hosts’ takes on defense and Middle East policy, illustrating political satire around government spending and celebrity-host humor.
- Late Night Makes Fun of Pete Hegseth’s Fruit Baskets The New York Times
- Pete Hegseth’s Defense Department Blew $22M On Steak and Lobster in a Single Month, Watchdog Claims Yahoo
- Jimmy Kimmel on Pentagon splurging on doughnuts: ‘Is this My 600lb Defense Department?’ The Guardian
- Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab The New Republic
- Late-night hosts roast Hegseth’s $93 billion spending spree on fruit basket stands, rib-eye steaks, and ice cream machines The Boston Globe
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