{"id":2404178,"date":"2025-02-19T11:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bringing-the-receipts-watch-trump-silence-reporters-with-list-of-insane-government-waste-even-they-dont-try-to-defend\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T11:07:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:07:50","slug":"bringing-the-receipts-watch-trump-silence-reporters-with-list-of-insane-government-waste-even-they-dont-try-to-defend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bringing-the-receipts-watch-trump-silence-reporters-with-list-of-insane-government-waste-even-they-dont-try-to-defend\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing the Receipts: Watch Trump Silence Reporters with List of Insane Government Waste Even They Don&#8217;t Try to Defend"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbringing-the-receipts-watch-trump-silence-reporters-with-list-of-insane-government-waste-even-they-dont-try-to-defend%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2404178&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses President Donald Trump&#8217;s recent \u2062statements regarding government inefficiencies and fraud, particularly in the Social\u200b Security system \u2063and overseas spending. At a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, \u2064Trump highlighted disturbing statistics, \u2064including the presence\u200b of hundreds of thousands\u200b of individuals in the Social Security database who are allegedly much older than any living humans, raising questions about potential fraud in the system.<\/p>\n<p>He also pointed to exorbitant spending on foreign aid and projects, \u200bclaiming that over $1.378 billion was wasted on items\u2062 he classified as fraudulent. Examples include spending for supposed &#8220;woke projects&#8221; in Africa and important amounts directed towards liberal organizations abroad. Trump emphasized the need for accountability, questioning how much of these expenditures benefitted the politicians who approved\u200d them.<\/p>\n<p>The article criticizes the media&#8217;s lack of engagement with Trump&#8217;s allegations, suggesting that the \u200bestablishment is more interested in maintaining narratives than addressing potential\u2062 corruption. It concludes by asserting \u2064that this should be a \u200dcritical moment for americans to recognize\u2063 and address the pervasive corruption within \u2063the government.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>If you listen closely, you will notice that President Donald Trump has begun to connect the dots.<\/p>\n<p>With the help of Elon Musk, owner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X and head of Trump&rsquo;s Department of Government Efficiency, the president has put the national spotlight on something that attentive Americans have long known about but could neither quantify nor remedy, and he has done it in a way that will help our still-slumbering fellow citizens recognize that for decades federal officials have committed crimes, not errors.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, the president responded to a question about Musk&rsquo;s role in the government by delivering a nearly eight-minute-long answer filled with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gop-to-revive-voting-bill-democrats-plot-next-move\/\" title=\"Texas GOP to Revive Voting Bill, Democrats Plot Next Move\">specific evidence<\/a> of the ghastly inefficiencies and indefensible outlays Musk&rsquo;s DOGE team has uncovered.<\/p>\n<p>In the process, Trump sprinkled in a handful of comments suggesting that he suspected malfeasance on an unfathomable scale.<\/p>\n<p>The president focused on two areas in particular: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/social-security-fraud-nearly-1-5-million-americans-listed-150-years-old-1041-220-years-old\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social Security<\/a> and overseas spending.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>He explained, for instance, that the current Social Security system lists 3,472,000 people between the ages of 120 and 129. In the next decile, ages 130 to 139, the system includes a whopping 3,936,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>Then, he dropped the first hint suggesting that he suspects massive fraud.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I wonder if people are getting paid with all this,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The president continued in that vein for nearly two minutes. He cited 879 people aged 200 to 209 and some even older, including one person 360 years old in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-finds-oldest-human-since-iron-age-quietly-collecting-social-security-american-taxpayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social Security<\/a> system.<\/p>\n<p>Next, Trump turned his attention to indefensible spending, most of it overseas.<\/p>\n<p>In the next five minutes, he <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">identified 19 specific items totaling<\/a> (by this historian&rsquo;s math) $1.378 billion.<\/p>\n<p>He also made three comments that should leave the Washington, D.C., establishment thunderstruck.<\/p>\n<p>The president began by citing more than $600 million in spending on woke projects and other wasteful items in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/usaid-utterly-obliterated-rubio-announces-97-staff-gone-africa-asia--20-staffers-total\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Africa<\/a>, including Uganda and Mozambique specifically, as well as tens of millions for Columbia and Cambodia.<\/p>\n<p>Then came his first shot across the establishment&rsquo;s proverbial bow.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thirty-two million dollars to the Prague Civil Society Centre, which is a very liberal group of people,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Wonder how much of that money came back to the people that approved it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>Wonder how much of that money came back to the people that approved it<\/em>. Therein lies the real question, the answer to which will help expose the scope of the D.C. establishment&rsquo;s crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Trump continued. He listed more than $500 million in spending for Serbia, Moldova, India, and Nepal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Listen to these numbers,&rdquo; the president said. &ldquo;This is all fraud.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>All fraud.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Finally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-department-education-drops-hammer-discovering-600-million-going-toward-divisive-propaganda-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> raced through his list of nearly $100 million for Nepal, Liberia, Mali, South Africa, Asia, Kosovo, and Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>Then, he delivered his verdict.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have a very corrupt country,&rdquo; the president said.<\/p>\n<p><em>A very corrupt country.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Readers may view the president&rsquo;s entire response (and, if they like, check my math) in the YouTube video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/51gv4KzasnI?si=ZrF4j44r3QDsp4PP\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A careful viewing of that video reveals two inescapable conclusions.<\/p>\n<p>First, some of the reporters in attendance could not even feign interest in the president&rsquo;s comments.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, three reporters in the front row, including the one who asked the question about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-reporter-nailed-wild-lie-doge-trots-elons-nazi-narrative-desperate-attempt-distract\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musk<\/a>, spent two minutes either texting or scrolling on their phones while Trump explained the problem in the Social Security system. Two reporters in the back also periodically looked at their phones, though several other reporters did keep their eyes focused on the president.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, when they thought he had finished, they all raised their hands.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, they showed very little curiosity about the evidence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-administration-ramps-fight-cartels-skies-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> presented. They looked as if they simply wanted to move on to their next predetermined question.<\/p>\n<p>The establishment media really does exist for the sole purpose of pushing establishment narratives and protecting establishment criminals.<\/p>\n<p>Second, and by far most important, the president began making broad-yet-crucial connections.<\/p>\n<p>Americans have always known about waste in government. Until now, however, we have never had a president who would publicly speculate about how much taxpayer money &ldquo;came back to the people that approved&rdquo; a particular outlay abroad.<\/p>\n<p>We have always known about fraud, but we have never had a president describe specific spending items as &ldquo;all fraud.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And at least half of Americans have recognized our politicians and bureaucrats as criminals for a long time. But we have never had a president say aloud that &ldquo;we have a very corrupt country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In short, when the Trump administration begins putting names to these payments\/kickbacks, we will finally have a specific answer to the question of how so many public officials, elected and unelected, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doge-investigate-bureaucrats-become-wealthy-positions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grew rich by serving in government<\/a>. Then, we can have a reckoning.<\/p>\n<p>We have never been so close to seeing all of those dots connected.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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With assistance from Elon Musk, the owner of the social media platform X and head of Trump&#8217;s Department of Government Efficiency, the president has highlighted issues that observant Americans have been aware of for a long time but couldn&#8217;t quantify or address. He has done this in a way that may help awaken those who are still unaware to the fact that federal officials have committed crimes over decades rather than mere mistakes. During a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump responded to a question about Musk&#8217;s government role with an extensive eight-minute answer detailing specific evidence of significant inefficiencies and questionable expenditures uncovered by Musk\u2019s DOGE team. Throughout his remarks, he hinted at suspicions of widespread wrongdoing. 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