Trump Wants $1B for Screwworm After Cutting $15M Program

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

When Elon Musk's "Department of Government Efficiency" took its chainsaw to the federal bureaucracy last year, it created bottlenecks that may have hampered the fight against the screwworm infestation currently menacing the southwest while making it much more expensive.

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"Peak incompetence."

One wonders if Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Tim Walz are all gestalting:

"Gee, what could we have done better to win on Tuesday 5 Nov 2024 that would have averted the mega-catastrophe Americans are all suffering now under the diabolical Trumpf junta?"

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-17 06:26 AM | Reply

One Billion?

Trump's going to get the money for his ballroom one way or the other.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-06-17 07:49 AM | Reply

No doubt for no bids.

#3 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-06-17 09:23 AM | Reply

Speaking of spending tax dollars ;

i.imgur.com

One must wonder jut where all those ineffectively spend Blue State/City dollars go....as seems nothig gets better there for all those expenditures.

#4 | Posted by MSgt at 2026-06-17 09:26 AM | Reply

MAGA hates seeing anyone get something they don't get.

MAGA is jealous of these works for getting to screw.