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(169,622 posts) Wed Mar 11, 2026, 07:02 AM Mar 11

Pete Hegseth's Defense Department blew $22M on steak and lobster in a single month, watchdog claims [View all]

Source: msn/MEDIAite

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s Defense Department allegedly blew through $22 million on lobsters and ribeye steak as part of a wild September 2025 end-of-year spree. According to an analysis by nonprofit watchdog Open the Books, Hegseth’s DoD spent $93.4 billion on grants and contracts in Sept. 2025 alone — nearly 50 percent of which was expended in the last five business days of the month.

Open the Books, run by the American Transparency charity founded in 2011, collects and publishes government spending data, including expenditures down to the lobster tail.

Per the analysis by Open the Books, in September, the Pentagon spent $2 million on Alaskan king crab, $6.9 million on lobster tail, $15.1 million on ribeye steak, and $1 million on salmon. Dessert included 272 orders of doughnuts for $139,224 and ice cream machines for $124,000.

While the Pentagon does not technically have to spend all its congressionally allocated funds, “use-it-or-lose-it” policies often push it to do so. Any leftover funds could be removed from the budget the following year. So, extravagant sprees are not unusual at the end of a fiscal year.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pete-hegseth-s-defense-department-blew-22m-on-steak-and-lobster-in-a-single-month-watchdog-claims/ar-AA1XWiT8

Link to Open the Books REPORT - Pentagon Should Focus on Defense Priorities, not Lavish Dinners, After Historic $93.4B “Use-It-or-Lose-It” September

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Pete Hegseth's Defense Department blew $22M on steak and lobster in a single month, watchdog claims [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 11 OP

Where are the DOGE boyz? Botany Mar 11 #1

That is for the poorest of the poor.nt jfz9580m Mar 11 #12

And don't forget that Musk and Trump's cut of USAID* has already killed 1,000,000 of the poorest Botany Mar 11 #17

And all those federal workers jfz9580m Mar 11 #18

Why fire all those federal employees? Botany Mar 11 #20

That is exactly right jfz9580m Mar 11 #22

Well done! This deserves to be an OP FakeNoose Mar 11 #36

Thank you jfz9580m Mar 11 #44

How is that swamp draining going? Chasstev365 Mar 11 #2

Les marais, c'est moi - MAGA Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 11 #37

This is the stuff we can see. Irish_Dem Mar 11 #3

Dem outrage should be followed by prosecution. JudyM Mar 11 #29

Don't hold your breath. :( Irish_Dem Mar 11 #32

And they complain about people who receive SNAP choie Mar 11 #4

Exactly!! Maybe STEAK n Lobster should be REMOVED from the menu, like bluestarone Mar 11 #21

Am I missing something? pcdb Mar 11 #38

In a month? choie Mar 11 #40

Surf and turf day i'd be back in line DetroitLegalBeagle Mar 11 #41

22 million doesn't sound like that much considering the size of our military pcdb Mar 11 #43

"Well, Hegseth, Trump, and all other rich people worked hard, so, they deserve it!" Would be the RW cope talking point Oneironaut Mar 11 #35

No wonder the price of filet mignon and lobster tails bucolic_frolic Mar 11 #5

;-{)..... Goonch Mar 11 #6

For all the Lavish Dinners, Pete probably tipped the servers $2.50 chouchou Mar 11 #7

This was for troops pcdb Mar 11 #39

I believe it was mostly people that could have bought my house and car with their change. chouchou Mar 11 #42

Yeah, that's about what our household.... SergeStorms Mar 11 #8

Regardless, the republiSCUM party IS the Party of Waste, Fraud and Abuse. MLWR Mar 11 #9

Contempt for the average tax-payer and their economic struggles is a hallmark of tRump and his MAGA bootlickers. Timeflyer Mar 11 #10

Use it or lose it at the end of a fiscal period leads to a lot of this kind of spending - this seems over the top JT45242 Mar 11 #11

In the Air Force 50 years ago NewLarry Mar 11 #13

Glad some of you got raingear! 3825-87867 Mar 11 #15

What? No report on the booze? 3825-87867 Mar 11 #14

They are ALL laundering MONEY Billsdaughter Mar 11 #16

Damn, that's a lot of "steak and lobster" PatSeg Mar 11 #19

Is he feeding it to the entire dept of Defense, including troops? TBF Mar 11 #23

Hegseth really likes crab and crab legs LetMyPeopleVote Mar 11 #24

Doesn't the DOD know area51 Mar 11 #25

Surf and turf is a traditional treat for deployed military Abnredleg Mar 11 #26

"Better than hookers 'n blow, right?" - Dipshit Hegseth, probably flvegan Mar 11 #27

That's a different budget line item. .. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 11 #31

Um.... FUCK THIS GUY Blue Owl Mar 11 #28

Surf and turf and ice cream are commonly served to deployed troops DetroitLegalBeagle Mar 11 #30

Seriously.....Get Real rlexx Mar 11 #33

At $22 per steak that's a million steaks. Even at $44 per steak that is a half million steaks. twodogsbarking Mar 11 #34

In 1967, after doing my first airborne jump PCB66 Mar 12 #45

The main gist of the report that was issued BumRushDaShow Mar 12 #46

But yet all the discussion PCB66 Mar 13 #48

For LBN, we have to use the "original" headline as the title of the OP BumRushDaShow Mar 13 #49

Republican Fake timms139 Mar 12 #47

As long as SNAP bans those non-RFK Jr-approved goodies Zambero Mar 13 #50

And Trump offers WH Honorees McDonalds. no_hypocrisy Mar 13 #51

Just my opinion but... FalloutShelter Mar 13 #52

Yesterday there was a coordinated campaign by MAGA types with an excuse underpants Mar 13 #53