Trump Orders Agencies to Disclose Details of Wasteful Spending

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While talking to reporters, President Donald Trump cited other instances of what his administration has described as wasteful spending.

President Donald Trump signed on Feb. 18 a memorandum ordering agencies to publicize information about wasteful spending in a move described as enhancing government transparency.

โ€œFor too long, taxpayers have subsidized ideological projects overseas and domestic organizations engaged in actions that undermine the national interest,โ€ states the memorandum. โ€œThe American people have seen their tax dollars used to fund the passion projects of unelected bureaucrats rather than to advance the national interest.

โ€œThe American people have a right to see how the federal government has wasted their hard-earned wages.โ€

The order โ€œrequires all departments and agencies to disclose details about terminated programs, canceled contracts, and discontinued grants,โ€ according to a fact sheet provided by the White House.

This comes as the Trump administration, largely through audits conducted by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has cut what it has deemed as wasteful spending in the executive branch by canceling funding for programs and initiatives.

DOGE reported an estimated $55 billion in savings, according to the agencyโ€™s website.

Examples of spending the administration has canceled include a $50 million grant to an environmental group that believes in โ€œclimate justice travels through a Free Palestineโ€ and a $1.5 million grant to โ€œadvance diversity equity and inclusion in Serbiaโ€™s workplaces and business communities.โ€

After signing the order, Trump cited Social Security payments going to those too old to still be alive.

This included more than 3.4 million payments to people between the ages of 120 and 129; 121,000 payments to those listed between 160 and 169 years old; and 6,087 payments to those between 170 and 179 years old.

โ€œI havenโ€™t met any of them, and if I did, I would bless them,โ€ he said, adding, โ€œI would worship the ground they walk on.โ€

The administration, in its fact sheet, said it has canceled $881 million in Department of Education contractsโ€”such as one worth $4.6 million that went toward organizing Zoom and in-person conferences.

The fact sheet cited a 2024 Government Accountability Office report, which stated that the U.S. government โ€œcould lose between $233 billion and $521 billion annually to fraud.โ€

Byย Jackson Richman

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