Well, well, well—looks like Biden’s EPA was running a taxpayer-funded bonfire, and Lee Zeldin just showed up with a fire extinguisher. Turns out, the Biden administration wasn’t just wasting money—they were bragging about it, openly comparing their reckless spending to “tossing gold bars off the Titanic.”
You really can’t make this stuff up. It’s almost like they knew they were on a sinking ship and decided to burn through as much of your hard-earned money as possible before Inauguration Day. And now, thanks to Zeldin and his team, we know just how bad it really was: $20 billion in taxpayer dollars wasted, mismanaged, and “parked” at an outside financial institution for—well, who knows what?
Zeldin didn’t mince words when he laid out just how brazen this scheme was. The Biden EPA went on a spending spree like a teenager with their parent’s credit card, deliberately shoveling cash out the door with minimal oversight, ensuring every last cent was obligated before the Trump administration could stop the gravy train.
And where did all this money go? Climate equity initiatives? Environmental justice projects? A few more slush funds for the left-wing activist groups that conveniently seem to always find themselves on the receiving end of these “grants”? Whatever the details, one thing is clear: it wasn’t about helping the environment—it was about helping themselves.
Now, Zeldin is making it clear that the party’s over. Not only is the EPA moving to recover the lost billions, but he’s calling for an immediate termination of any agreement with the financial institution that was holding the funds.
And while he emphasized that there’s “zero reason to suspect wrongdoing” by the bank, he also made it clear that the Biden EPA’s actions were unprecedented and completely unacceptable. The days of using the EPA as a piggy bank for leftist pet projects are officially done.
And of course, Elon Musk chimed in to praise Zeldin for an “awesome job” in saving taxpayer money—because apparently, we now need billionaires to step in and point out that the government shouldn’t be lighting $20 billion on fire. The fact that this kind of reckless spending has been normalized under Democrat rule is exactly why conservatives have been sounding the alarm for years.
The Biden administration made sure to funnel cash to their activist allies under the guise of “climate action,” all while middle-class Americans struggled with record-high inflation, skyrocketing energy costs, and crumbling infrastructure.
The best part? Zeldin isn’t just exposing the scheme—he’s taking action. The money is coming back under government control, the inspector general is getting involved, and the Department of Justice is stepping in to assist President Trump in regaining control. And for the Left, that’s the real nightmare. They aren’t just losing the funds—they’re losing their ability to funnel taxpayer dollars into the hands of their political allies.
The Biden EPA tossed $20 billion of “gold bars off the Titanic”.
BIG UPDATE! We found the gold bars and they are now being recovered for you, the hardworking American taxpayer.
Here are more of the details: pic.twitter.com/DM4C0TQcpj
— Lee Zeldin (@epaleezeldin) February 13, 2025
This isn’t just about $20 billion. It’s about the complete lack of accountability and transparency that defined the last four years. Zeldin’s message couldn’t be clearer: no more reckless spending, no more secret slush funds, and no more treating taxpayer money like Monopoly cash.
As President Trump has promised, a new Golden Age of American success is on the horizon—one where the government actually serves the people instead of enriching the political elite. And if Biden’s former EPA officials don’t like it, well, maybe they shouldn’t have spent their final months in office throwing taxpayer-funded “gold bars” into the abyss.
