US EditionStephen Colbert Criticizes Pete Hegseth Over Government Spending
Colbert highlighted Pentagon’s $6 billion war cost and billions spent on luxury items, questioning Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s leadership and war management.
- On Tuesday, Stephen Colbert used 'The Late Show' to criticize the secretary of war over lavish spending, after a report highlighted $6 billion so far spent on the war.
- A government watchdog reported Pete Hegseth approved $5.3 million for iPads, $60,000 for recliners, and $12,000 for fruit basket stands, while the Pentagon barred photographers at a March 2 Iran war briefing.
- Colbert listed Pentagon spending of $2 million on crab legs, $6.9 million on lobster tail, over $15 million on ribeye steaks, plus $140,000 on donuts, $124,000 on ice cream machines, and over $3,000 on children's stickers, joking about a furry clementine and Hegseth's empty birthday.
- Reporting and investigations indicate that, with the Iran war in its 14th day, Hegseth acknowledged at least seven American soldiers killed and that the U.S. may have bombed a girls' school killing at least 175 people.
- Amanda Marcotte wrote 'Liberals have always laughed at Hegseth and his self-owning, try-hard energy', while Jamelle Bouie and Matt Walsh remain divided on his polarizing stance.
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The American Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegesth, frantically defends Washington's war against Iran alongside Israel. This former television host, veteran in the army, close to the Christian fundamentalist movement, has been parachuted without experience at the head of the biggest...
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