“DOGE and OMB also found that there was about to be $50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza. That is a preposterous waste of taxpayer money. So, that’s what this pause is focused on, being good stewards of tax dollars.”

The White House’s claim that it halted $50 million worth of condoms to Gazans has come under scrutiny after experts shared insight and a previous report was unearthed. In her first White House press conference,

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, called the alleged aid “a preposterous waste of taxpayer money.”