Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy uncover SHOCKING uses of US tax dollars

>> TACKLING THIS KIND OF WASTE, FRAUD, ABUSE, BUREAUCRATIC BLOAT, WE ARE GOING FOR THE STUFF THAT IS BASIC COMMON SENSE THAT MOST AMERICANS ACTUALLY AGREE ON. I HOPE WE WILL BE ABLE TO UNITE THE COUNTRY BY ELIMINATING WASTE, AND THING ALL AMERICANS REGARDLESS OF PARTY AFFILIATION CAN GET BEHIND. >> THAT WAS VIVEK RAMASWAMY, TALKING ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT IF YOU THAT HE AND ELON MUSK WILL BE RUNNING. ALSO KNOWN AS DOGE, THEY WILL DRIVE STRUCTURAL GOVERNMENT CHANGE FROM OUTSIDE THE GOVERNMENT. THEY PUT OUT THEIR FIRST MESSAGING ON X YESTERDAY, WORKING OVERTIME TO MAKE SURE YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE SPENT WISELY. HOW HAVE WE BEEN SPENDING OUR FEDERAL FUNDS? LET'S REVIEW. $550,000 WENT TO A RUSSIAN LAB TO RUN EXPERIMENTS ON KATZ'S BRAINS. SPENT BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. A STUDY ON MONKEYS AND GAMBLING. AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT AWARDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR DRAG SHOWS IN ECUADOR. THAT'S JUST THE TIP OF THE WASTEFUL SPENDING ICEBERG. HERE IS SENATOR JAMES LANKFORD RATTLING OFF A FEW GOVERNMENT SPENDING PROJECTS AT A HOUSE HEARING LAST YEAR. LET'S WATCH. >> LAST YEAR, THE STATE DEPARTMENT DID A GRANT TO ECUADOR TO HOST 12 DRAG SHOWS IN ECUADOR WITH AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS. WE MAY HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS IN THIS ROOM ON DRAG SHOWS BUT I'M ASKING THE SIMPLE QUESTION, IS THE BEST USE OF AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS TO ACTUALLY FUND DRAG SHOWS IN ECUADOR WITH U.S. TAX DOLLARS? THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION LAST YEAR DID A STUDY OF BUTTERFLIES IN EUROPE. SO WE FUNDED, WITH AMERICAN TAXPAYER DOLLARS, LAST YEAR, THERE WAS ALSO A GRANT THAT WAS DONE TO SET UP A DISPLAY IN BROOKLYN FOR THE SERGEANT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND. NOT EVEN AN AMERICAN BAND. WE HAD A $350,000 GRANT TO STUDY SMART TOILETS. ONE OF THE GRANTS WE PAID FOR WITH OUR FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS. WE ALSO HAD A GRANT THAT WAS DONE STUDYING COLONIAL MEXICAN SOUNDSCAPE'S. LAST YEAR, WE DID A STUDY ON HELMETS AND SEAT BELTS IN GHANA. TO BE ABLE TO STUDY WHETHER SEAT BELTS AND HELMETS WERE EFFECTIVE FOR SAVING LIVES IN GHANA. CAN I ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR FREE? SEAT BELTS AND HELMETS ARE A GOOD IDEA. THEY SAVE LIVES. >> KAYLEIGH, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THIS AND WHY WOULD THEY? WHEN THE GOVERNMENT WE ARE DISENTANGLING OURSELVES FROM IS OMITTED TO OPACITY. WE CAN'T AFFORD GROCERY BILLS BUT LET'S SPEND MONEY ON RIDICULOUS PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF THIS COUNTRY. >> THE BIGGEST GOVERNMENT POSITIONS, THAT HAVE BEEN APPOINTED, THAT VIVEK RAMASWAMY AND ELON MUSK -- GUTTING THE CAREER CIVIL SERVICE FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION. TRUMP BECOMES PRESIDENT IN 2016. TRUMP GOES IN. WHAT HAPPENS ONE MONTH LATER? ONE MONTH AFTER HE'S PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, COMMANDER OF CHIEF, DETAILS OF HIS CALLS WITH FOREIGN LEADERS OF MEXICO AND AUSTRALIA WERE LEAKED. AUSTRALIA DETAILS, CAREER CIVIL SERVANTS. LEAKING DETAILS TRUMP WAS HAVING WITH FOREIGN LEADERS? THEY NEED TO GO. HE'S PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. GET RID OF THE BUREAUCRACY. IT'S NOT ABOUT UNDERMINING   TRUMP. IT'S UNDERMINING YOU. GET RID OF CAREER CIVIL SEVERANCE. SERVANTS. >> I REALLY CANNOT EXPRESS ADEQUATELY WHAT IT'S LIKE TO PUSH AGAINST THE BEAST OF SPENDING. AMONG THE SPENDING, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING, PAUL, THE OVERPAYMENTS. WHERE WASTE COMES INTO PLAY. SINCE 2004, THEY DEFINE IT AS ESSENTIALLY WRONG PAYMENTS TO THE WRONG PERSON OR FOR THE WRONG REASON. DO YOU THINK AMERICANS WILL GET THAT BACK? I SAW FIRSTHAND THE BILLIONS OF OVERPAYMENTS. OH, SORRY, GUYS, WE JUST WASTED $3 BILLION FOR NO REASON. INEPTITUDE. INCOMPETENCE. SHEER LAZINESS. IT'S THE STRUCTURE THAT BAKES IT IN. ELON AND VIVEK ARE GOING TO TAKE THAT ON. WE DO NOT INHERIT THE INCOMPETENCE ANYMORE. >> WHEN PETE HEGSETH -- THERE WAS A QUOTE FROM A GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR OR MILITARY CONTRACTOR THAT SAID ESSENTIALLY, WHO THE BLANK IS PETE HEGSETH? THAT'S EXACTLY THE REACTION YOU WANT. RIGHT? WHO IS THIS OUTSIDER THAT'S GOING TO KICK THIS WHOLE THING OVER, ESSENTIALLY, RIGHT? NOT SOMETHING HE'S TAKING TO LUNCH, WINING AND DINING. OTHER THING, FIRST OF ALL, WHY ARE WE FUNDING ALL OF THESE BAD IDEAS IN OTHER COUNTRIES? HELMETS IN GHANA? COME ON. I KNOW AND RECOGNIZE, THE REAL MONEY WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HIS MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY. THOSE ARE THE BIG NUMBERS. BUT THE WASTE STILL TAKES US INTO THE BILLIONS. IT STILL MATTERS. AS YOU CUT THESE SUPERFLUOUS PROGRAMS, PUT THEM INTO SOMETHING PEOPLE VISUALLY SEE. WE CUT $500 MILLION FROM THIS NONSENSE? BUILD AN OLD AGE HOME FOR VETERANS. THAT MONEY WENT TO SOMETHING USEFUL. >> AND SQUANDERING WHAT YOUR MONEY DOES APPEAR THE   GOVERNMENT'S MONEY IS YOUR MONEY. LET'S SHOW YOU SOME OUTRAGEOUSNESS. $100,000 TO SEE IF A SUNFISH IS MORE AGGRESSIVE WHEN GIVEN GIN OR TEQUILA. >> OH, MY GOSH. >> $1 MILLION TO SEE IF SELFIES MAKE YOU HAPPY. STUDYING MATING CALLS OF COUNTRY FROGS TO SEE IF THEY ARE DIFFERENT THAN CITY FROGS. >> WHY IS THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SPENDING $12 MILLION FOR MONKEYS ON METH? I WILL TELL YOU THE BIGGEST ONE THAT KILLED ME, THE FACT THAT THE IRS BETWEEN OCTOBER OF 2021 AND 2023, UNPAID MONEY FROM THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES, IRS EMPLOYEES OWING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN BACK TAXES. I WANT THE IRS GUTTED. REMEMBER WHAT ELON MUSK DID WITH TWITTER. >> SMASH THE GLASS HOUSE OF THE IRS. >> WHY DOES ANTHONY FAUCI, RAND PAUL POINTED THIS OUT, WHY DOES HE HAVE -- >> PRESIDENT TRUMP ASSAY NOT ANYMORE. NOT ON MY WATCH. WE WILL AUDIT THE GOVERNMENT AND WE WILL STOP THE SPIGOT OF HEMORRHAGING AND WE WILL DO BETTER AUDITING. AMERICANS DO A BETTER JOB AUDITING THEIR OWN FINANCES THAN THE GOVERNMENT DOES. >> ALL OF THIS ENDS UP BEING RELATIVELY SMALL MONEY, CONSIDERING HOW MUCH THEY WANT TO CUT. HERE'S THE THING, THE WAY YOU CHANGE THE STRUCTURE AND TEXTURE OF THINGS IS TO MAKE SMALL CUTS. YOU AREN'T GOING TO DO IT WITH A SHOVEL BUT WITH A SCALPEL. THAT'S HOW YOU CHANGE THE GOVERNMENT FROM THE INSIDE OUT. WHO IS PETE HEGSETH? WE COULD GO ON ABOUT THE DOUBLE BRONZE STAR WINNER AND HIS MILITARY SERVICE. LET THEM FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF STRATEGISTS HE IS. LET THEM FIND OUT HOW GREAT HE WAS ON THE GROUND. BUT INDEPENDENCE DAY, WHAT THE PRESIDENT-ELECT HAS TOLD ELON MUSK, THE REASON THIS IS, THE LAST TRICKLE YEARS OF YOUR PRESIDENCY -- POSSIBLY A FLIP ON CAPITOL HILL, IT WILL HAVE A NEW TEXTURE OF GOVERNMENT BEHIND I