Late-Night Jabs Target Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Spending Spree
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Late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert mocked Pete Hegseth’s reported Pentagon spending spree, citing an Open the Books scorecard that the Department spent around $93 billion in September on luxury items (lobster tails, ribeye, donuts, ice cream machines) and furniture, and quipping about hawkish policies and how a Democrat might react to even bigger spending—tying the humor to concerns about wasteful government expenditures.
- Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert Take Aim at Pete Hegseth's Overspending: 'You're Ordering What?' Rolling Stone
- 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
- Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab The New Republic
- Pentagon Pete Blew a Fortune on Crabs in Multibillion-Dollar Spending Frenzy The Daily Beast
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