For too long, being a military contractor was a licence to print money, regardless of whether the results they promised were ever delivered.
As a result, military readiness suffered despite massive financial investments, partly because money invested leaked out of its intended purposes and filled to pockets of sketchy businessmen who routinely failed to deliver on their promises with respect to price, timeline, and cost.
They made out like bandits while taxpayers — and our men and women in uniform — got left holding the bag.
The procurement process has always been a bloodbath for the taxpayers.
If Hegseth makes good on what he’s promising in this video, those days are now over.
Thanks to President Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense budget, this War Department has moved from bureaucracy to business.
This is a FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT in our Arsenal of Freedom—ensuring our military remains the most lethal fighting force in the world.pic.twitter.com/ykIfMw3kuU
— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar)May 7, 2026
He tells us about ‘Deal Team Six’, the nickname for the top negotiators working with the Pentagon to make sure the companies we’re dealing with aren’t taking taxpayers to the cleaners.
What do you think that approach will do to the stories we keep hearing about $500 toilet seats or overpriced hammers?
Source: Clash Daily
