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11. HEGSETH BLOWS $93 BILLION IN 1 MONTH-- BIGGEST MONTHLY EXPENSE SINCE 2008

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Tue Mar 10, 2026, 05:48 PM

Mar 10

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NEW: HEGSETH BLOWS $93 BILLION IN 1 MONTH— BIGGEST MONTHLY EXPENSE SINCE 2008.

$225M Furniture
$15.1M Ribeyes
$5.3M Apple Devices
$6.9M lobster
$2M Crab Legs
$98K Grand Piano for staffer’s Home
$12K Fruit Basket Stands
$140K Doughnuts
$124k Ice Cream Machines

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Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Mar 10 OP

How in hell they get away calling themselves conservative? Emile Mar 10 #1

Hegseth really likes crab and crab legs LetMyPeopleVote Mar 10 #2

Dictators love to lavish taxpayer money on their military brass & contractors to keep them loyal to the regime AZJonnie Mar 10 #3

There seems to be... lame54 Mar 10 #4

All of those B.See Mar 10 #5

1. Billions with a "B" no_hypocrisy Mar 10 #6

"A Public job is a Public Trust!" Turbineguy Mar 10 #7

GOP senator criticizes Pentagon's $93B spending binge on fruit baskets and king crabs LetMyPeopleVote Mar 10 #8

;-{)...... Goonch Mar 10 #9

Sounds like he wants a fancy party at NameAlreadyTaken Mar 10 #10

HEGSETH BLOWS $93 BILLION IN 1 MONTH-- BIGGEST MONTHLY EXPENSE SINCE 2008 LetMyPeopleVote Mar 10 #11

And in another current thread B.See Mar 11 #12

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