The steak and lobster thing bugs me less as a one-off meal and more as the attitude behind it. The Pentagon has failed audits for years, contractors get rich, basic procurement is a mess, and somehow the people at the top still act like taxpayer money is an expense account. If you're running Defense during budget fights and asking regular people to swallow cuts elsewhere, you should be almost boringly careful with optics and spending. I don't need performative poverty from officials, but I do expect some discipline. If Hegseth wants credibility on waste, start by not looking like the stereotype.