By The New York Post Editorial Board
Late-night “comedians” Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert and Seth Myers, along with Paul Begala and other CNN blowhards, went big for a pseudo-story Wednesday, raging about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other Pentagon bigs supposedly eating high on the hog.
Oops: “Lobstergate” only proved that not one of the on-air geniuses, nor any of their writers or producers, knows a thing about military life.
All the smug fury was based on a news item — from noted military journalism site TMZ! — about the Defense Department spending $22 million on lobster and ribeye steak in a single month.
If they’d bothered to check the (transparently idiotic!) assumption that all the eats were for the top brass, they’d have learned that a “surf & turf” fete is a longstanding military tradition, a treat for troops headed to a deployment or stuck on an extended tour, with all the gastrointestinal joy that a diet of MREs can deliver.
With more than 1.3 million active-duty personnel, that $22 million works out to under $17 a head.
The US Defense budget is around $900 billion; if the Trump team is spending a teeny fraction of that on a slight luxury for the troops … good.
There’s certainly waste in the Pentagon’s budget, but this isn’t it.
(On that note: Team Trump has introduced competitive bidding for these “gourmet” purchases, replacing just two California companies that had controlled the contracts.)
The latest Trump Admin "scandal" lasted about 60 seconds. The receipts come directly from America's military heroes 🇺🇸
I asked the internet to do its thing — and @X did not disappoint. pic.twitter.com/mv59SR6FhL
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) March 12, 2026
CNN isn’t all bad, by the way: Panelist Scott Jennings challenged Begala’s rant with an on-air appeal: “Internet, do something” — which brought an avalanche of videos from grunts enjoying their steak and lobster.
As for the rest of the brain trust: Your privileged ignorance is still showing.
The far-left crashing out at Trump for changing course shows how out of touch they’re with reality https://t.co/20CDEzxMR6 pic.twitter.com/aSPltrOzac
— NY Post Opinion (@NYPostOpinion) March 13, 2026
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