Last Hurrah: "Spend It All!"

$46 Billion Left? White House Staff Ordered to Use It Before Trump Returns!

When you think it can’t get any more absurd, here comes the Biden administration with one final cash grab

The White House has essentially turned on the “everything must go” sale, urging staff to burn through every available dollar before Trump returns to the Oval Office. It’s like watching a bunch of teenagers with mom and dad’s credit card on a spring break shopping spree.

White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients, with all the urgency of a man fleeing a burning building, sent a memo to White House staffers telling them to “obligate as much funding as possible” before Biden’s presidency ends. Yes, that’s a real quote. Translation? Spend every penny legally allowed before Trump shows up to lock the vault.

According to Zients, Biden’s team has already spent 98% of the available funding through October. But like that friend who’s “almost” done with their diet before they see dessert, they’re not quite ready to stop. Zients told staffers to aim for that last 2% — a mere $46 billion — still up for grabs in the 2025 fiscal year.

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This is about forcing Trump’s hand. By locking in all these funds, they’re trying to create legal and political obstacles for his administration whose goal is to reduce spending.