He Audited the Pentagon. Here’s Where the Waste Really Is
Published at : 23 Dec 2025
We found the waste Elon Musk and DOGE won’t cut: it’s defense contractors. The Department of Defense funnels $450 billion of taxpayer dollars a year to private military contractors. But Musk is too focused on cutting DEI initiatives (0.01% of the size of the defense budget) to tackle the real waste and fraud. Will the Trump administration take action on the real government waste?
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