Every year, Sen. Rand Paul celebrates Festivus by releasing his book on government waste, such as the funding of studies of shrimp on treadmills. President Donald Trump gave a press conference Tuesday (a president who gives press conferences?) and rattled off a list of government waste.
NEW: President Trump pulls out a list of notes during the middle of his press conferences, starts listing off the most insane uses of government spending.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 18, 2025
"$10 million for circumcisions in other countries?"
"$520 million for consulting on the environment."
"25 million promote… pic.twitter.com/psHWUwgNy7
"25 million promote biodiversity... in Colombia for something that nobody ever heard of."
"$40 million to improve the social and economic inclusion of sedentary migrants."
"$42 million to research and drive social and behavior change in Uganda."
"$21 million for voter turnout in India."
And then there's Ukraine, which says it no longer feels supported by the U.S.
President Trump asks "where is all the money that has been given to Ukraine?"
— Catch Up (@CatchUpFeed) February 18, 2025
"Where is it going? I've never seen any accounting of it." pic.twitter.com/R3knkXmNnm
It didn't take DOGE to root out all of these wasteful programs. We've known about them for a while and just kept funding them.
"$40 million to improve the social and economic inclusion of sedentary migrants."
— AdamInHTownTX (@AdamInHTownTX) February 18, 2025
I can solve that problem for free. Tell them to get off their asses. Sedentary people tend to not have very active social lives.
Any Dems like to chime in and let us know why they think this spending is justified. Willing to listen to your arguments if you have them.
— SK (@SteCK1878) February 18, 2025
I want a full refund.
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) February 18, 2025
And this is probably just the tip of the iceberg
— Planet Of Memes (@PlanetOfMemes) February 18, 2025
It was great to see. I was watching it.
— floridanow1 (@floridanow1) February 18, 2025
The media could do nothing to stop hearing the laundry list of corruption.
Great move by our President.🇺🇸
I voted for this
— MAGA Elvis 🇺🇸 (@BenStanton77) February 18, 2025
Zero of those benefitted me as a tax payer. zero.
— 𝔼𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔾𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕏 (@edthegr8) February 18, 2025
Sickening. The grift was off the charts. I want my money back.
— R.D. (@RD4OU) February 18, 2025
Here comes the fact checkers to explain what the charges “really were” LOL
— Prodigy Futures (@PradageeX) February 18, 2025
Yes, USAID didn't pay for that transgender Colombian opera … that money came directly from the State Department.
I want to know what a “sedentary migrant” is…
— deporteus maximus (@kayceeswitch) February 18, 2025
We do too.
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