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Trump Floats Bonkers Claim About Hamas and Condoms

The president claimed the U.S. set aside tens of millions of dollars to send condoms to Gaza.

President Donald Trump doubled down on a bogus claim Monday that the U.S. is supplying Hamas with tens of millions of dollars worth of condoms. Trump, who had previously claimed that he prevented $50 million in taxpayer dollars from being used to help the terror group with safe sex, cited the expenditure again—this time claiming the figure was around $100 million—while explaining why the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, needs access to sensitive payment systems at the U.S. Treasury Department. “He’s a very talented guy from the standpoint of management and costs,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. He claimed that Musk, who has been charged with leading the Department of Government Efficiency, is responsible for exploring cost-cutting options for “certain groups.” “Some of the numbers are horrible what he’s found. A hundred, think of it, a hundred million dollars on condoms to Hamas,” Trump said, without providing evidence of the initiative. He continued: “And many other things that are frankly even more ridiculous, and they’re finding tremendous waste, really waste more than anything else you could say. Probably, fraud and abuse can be added to it.” An anonymous White House employee told the Associated Press on Monday that Musk has been designated a “special government employee” and has been assigned a government address as well as office space inside the White House.

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