US Secretary of Defense Pitt Hegschez threw a “bomb” revealing that the US Pentagon would cut “unnecessary” costs of $ 5.1 billion (about 4.5 billion euros).
With a video posted on social media X (former Twitter), the US Secretary of Defense said today (11.04.2025) that the Pentagon will proceed to these spending cutsa move that is aligned with the economic policy of Donald Trump’s government.
«We are already signing a Memorandum of Directors from this time to cancel $ 5.1 billion of Defense Contracts“, Pitt Hegschez said in the related video.
Still, the US Secretary of Defense added that Expenditure cuts will affect various research programs, including grants to two prestigious US universities.
This announcement is made at Framework of Mass Federal State Expenditure Programa project assigned by President Donald Trump to Ilon Musk, in the context of the Doge Committee (Doge) led by the latter.
New @DOGE findings, this time it’s $5.1 billion. pic.twitter.com/vHRnDHZSUS
— Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (@SecDef) April 10, 2025
Among the costs to be cut are found Grants of $ 500 million at Northwestern and Cornell Universitieswhich are described as’academic institutions that tolerate anti -Semitism and support Dei programs (diversity, equality and inclusion), which divide. “
The programs to be affected
The Directorate of Cornell University reported on Tuesday (08.04.2025) in its announcement that He received 75 project interruption orders from the Ministry of Defenseassociated with surveys, which are “very importantihay for national defense, her cyber security and health to USA”.
According to the announcement, One of these grants concerns cancer research.
End, It will also be put on eleven contracts related to DEI (diversity, equality and inclusion), the climate, her treatment of Covid-19 and “related non-essential activities,” Hegsheth also clarified.
«We need this money to improve the care of our combat and familiesoh, instead of We pay consultants $ 500 her time”, argued.
THE US Department of Defense budget for 2025 is about $ 850 billion.
In February, Hegschez ordered his memoirto which Washington Post had accessed, to draw measures aimed at reducing this budget by 8% per year.