President Trump used one of the early reports about federal wastefulness to sound off yet again, using it and later reports about Stacey Abrams as a way of pushing for the federal government, aided by DOGE, to start clawing back funds that were wasted by the Biden Administration in suspicious payments.
As a reminder, back in mid-February, the president sounded off on the news that Politico had been paid millions of dollars by the federal government and slammed the Department of Defense for approving a $9 million contract with Reuters, an outlet so large that it rivals the Associated Press, for no clear reason.
In his original Truth Social post about the matter of Reuters, President Trump slammed the whole program and demanded that Reuters return the obviously wasted money, saying, “DOGE: Looks like Radical Left Reuters was paid $9,000,000 by the Department of Defense to study “large scale social deception.” GIVE BACK THE MONEY, NOW!”
Then, in a second post shortly after that one, the president sounded off on the massive amount of money the government spent on Politico subscriptions, saying, “DOGE: Why was Politico paid Millions of Dollars for NOTHING. Buying the press??? PAY BACK THE MONEY TO THE TAXPAYERS! How much has the Failing New York Times paid? Is this the money that is keeping it open??? THEY ARE BUYING THE PRESS!”
Posting about that and more in a Truth Social post on March 27, President Trump demanded that the government claw back those millions that were given to far-left media outlets such as Politico. He said, “Whatever happened to the $8,000,000 given by our “government” to Radical Left Politico magazine, or whatever you would call it. Owned by wealthy guys, this money should be taken back by DOGE, ASAP.”
Continuing, President Trump referenced the startling revelation about the $2 billion granted by the Biden EPA to a non-profit run by twice-failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, one that came somewhat after the media revelation and was used by many conservatives to argue that Abrams and the Biden Administration were corrupt.
Commenting on that matter, President Trump noted that the EPA sent Abrams the absurdly large amount of funding for a ridiculous non-profit dedicated to giving out supposedly energy-efficient appliances just before he acceded to office. He wrote, “Also, is Stacey Abrams going to give back the Two Billion Dollars they funneled into her “environmental fund” just prior to my assuming office.”
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Concluding, the president demanded that the billions of dollars doled out to Abrams for what looks like a vote-buying or kickback scheme for the Democrats to be clawed back by the government as well. He wrote, “She went from $100 in donations to $2,000,000,000 in just one day? Not bad!!! Get back the money.”
Responding to a copy of Trump’s Truth Social post on X, one commenter noted, “The $8M to Politico and $2B Abrams slush fund reek of Biden-era waste—exactly why DOGE exists. While specifics aren’t public yet, the pattern fits: bureaucrats funnel cash to allies under vague “environmental” pretexts.”
Continuing, that commenter noted that DOGE could claw back the funds called out by Trump, saying, “The Carla Walker Act (H.R. 10393) gives DOGE authority to audit and claw back misused grants. Abrams’ overnight $2B haul? Classic pay-to-play. Real oversight means following every dollar, exposing every scam, and ensuring taxpayers aren’t bankrolling political favors. The era of blank checks for connected insiders is over.”
Watch Karoline Leavitt call out the corruption and waste DOGE is fighting here: