https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15633735/Pete-Hegseth-billions-Pentagon-cash-lobsters.html
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth spent over $93billion of taxpayer money this past September, including huge expenses on expensive foods, musical instruments and technology.
The cash splashing came ahead of what's referred to as 'Amazon Prime Day' for government agencies, as they must spend the remainder of their yearly budgets or lose the funds by September 30.
Hegseth's 'use it or lose it' outlay amounted to $93.4 billion in September of 2025 on grants and contracts, the most any agency has spent in a single month, according to government watchdog Open the Books.
Over half of that amount - $50.1 billion - was doled out in the final five working days of the month alone.
The goal was to spend up the remainder of the Pentagon's fiscal year budget of $849.8 billion as set by the Biden administration.
Much of the money was spent on food, as in September alone, the Pentagon bought over $2 million in Alaskan king crab.
They also spent $15.1 million on ribeye steaks, $6.9million in lobster tail, $1million in salmon and $26,000 for sushi preparation tables.
The Pentagon also didn't skimp on desert spending, with $124,000 for ice cream machines and $139,224 on donuts.
A huge chunk of the cash was spent on information technology and telecommunications, amounting to $5.9 billion.
At least $5.3 million was spent at the Apple Store alone, including 400 brand new iPads at $315,200.
Some of the stranger buys include $98,329 on a Steinway grand piano for the chief of staff of the Air Force's residence and $21,750 on a custom flute from Muramatsu.
For whatever reason, the Pentagon grabbed $3,160 worth of stickers of children's television characters like Paw Patrol and Dora the Explorer.
Another big expense was on furniture for various Defense Department facilities, which totaled $225.6 million during last September, less than the Obama administration regularly spent but more than Joe Biden.
Among the largest purchases was $60,719 in chairs from Herman Miller, with another $12,540 spent on fruit basket stands.
Notably, while Trump has stressed buying American products, at least $6.6 billion in spending was done with foreign governments and companies.
