https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/military-spending-...


Hegseth reportedly burned through cash, including spending $9 million on crab and lobster dinners.

$6.9 million in total on lobster tail and $2 million on Alaskan king crab, according to the government watchdog. In 2025, the department also spent more than $7.4 million on lobster tail

$15.1 million on ribeye steak in September, $124,000 for new ice cream machines, and $139,224 on doughnut orders.

Hegseth spent nearly $100,000 on a Steinway & Sons grand piano to outfit the home of the Air Force chief of staff. He also spent $5.3 million on Apple devices

The Pentagon paid $225.6 million for furniture, including $12,540 for fruit basket stands and more than $60,000 for recliners from high-end furniture maker Herman Miller.



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Bloody politicians and public servants living it up on the tax payers dime -

same here -

thieves -


let them eat cake?
the French knew what to do - the revolution - cut their heads off in a public square.

The spending review found that in the month of September alone, the Defense Department spent $6.9 million in total on lobster tail and $2 million on Alaskan king crab, according to the government watchdog. In 2025, the department also spent more than $7.4 million on lobster tail across the months of March, May, June and October.

The decadent seafood wasn't the only expensive sustenance purchased at the Pentagon. Hegseth also spent approximately $15.1 million on ribeye steak in September, $124,000 for new ice cream machines, and $139,224 on doughnut orders.

Due to the way federal funding works, there is pressure on department heads to end their fiscal years without a surplus of funds. If they do, it raises questions in Congress as to whether or not the agency or department needs a reduction in its annual budget.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/military-spending-...


Hegseth reportedly burned through cash, including spending $9 million on crab and lobster dinners.

$6.9 million in total on lobster tail and $2 million on Alaskan king crab, according to the government watchdog. In 2025, the department also spent more than $7.4 million on lobster tail

$15.1 million on ribeye steak in September, $124,000 for new ice cream machines, and $139,224 on doughnut orders.

Hegseth spent nearly $100,000 on a Steinway & Sons grand piano to outfit the home of the Air Force chief of staff. He also spent $5.3 million on Apple devices

The Pentagon paid $225.6 million for furniture, including $12,540 for fruit basket stands and more than $60,000 for recliners from high-end furniture maker Herman Miller.



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Lobster is cheap in the US you can buy a Lobster roll at Mc Donalds for about $8 yes it has real lobster i had one i think it was the last time i ate at Maccas.

It's a hassle avoiding Lobster pots sailing on east coast if you don't go around them the lines catch rudder or centreboard they're everywhere

I doubt all that was for Pete should add Shellfish is considered a superfood.

So he had excess unspent money and he spent it on feeding a lot of people good food 

Did you see the interview with Pete starts around 29 min

Baronvonrort wrote on Mar 12^th, 2026 at 10:06pm:




I watched that - off topic -
nothing about the luxury life style of public servants.

Due to the way federal funding works, there is pressure on department heads to end their fiscal years without a surplus of funds. If they do, it raises questions in Congress as to whether or not the agency or department needs a reduction in its annual budget.

Melanias purse wrote on Mar 12^th, 2026 at 10:17pm:



It's the same all around the world -

public servants with their snouts in the trough.