Stephen Colbert Roasts Pete Hegseth for Eye-Watering Spending

Adam Schiff's Attempt to Shame Pete Hegseth's 'Waste of Taxpayer Dollars' Via a Colbert Clip Is a FAIL

Adam Schiff fails to shame Pete Hegseth over Pentagon food spending amid Colbert clip controversy.

Colbert, Kimmel Omit Pentagon Fancy Food Spending Is For The Troops

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel and CBS’s host of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, attacked what they described as wasteful and extravagant Pentagon spending by Secretary Pete Hegseth on their Tuesday shows. However, neither man seemed aware that when it came to the fancy food part of this spending, the food in question is a long-standing tradition meant to boost morale among service members.

Stephen Colbert roasts Pete Hegseth for eye-watering spending

Pete Hegseth's department of defense has been burning through money like it's going out of fashion, according to new reporting that claims spending reached $93 billion in September 2025 alone — and items forked out for included everything from $5.3 million on new iPads to $12,000 on fruit basket stands. "You're ordering fruit baskets so fancy they come with a stand?" says Stephen Colbert in the Late Show clip above. "Come on, Pete, if you need f…

'Grifter' Pete Hegseth Ripped Apart for 'Living Luxuriously Off Taxpayers' as Report Claims He Blew Billions on Fancy Food and Musical Instruments

Pete Hegseth reportedly spent billions of taxpayer money on expensive food, furniture, technology and musical instruments.