“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.”

Robert Mackey hammered Elon Musk’s X on Wednesday after the platform “disappeared” a community note debunking a wild claim from the White House The post Community Note Debunking Trump White House Claim on Condoms for Gaza ‘Disappeared’ From X first appeared on Mediaite.

Numerous Snopes readers asked us if the U.S. government had indeed planned to spend $50 million on condoms for Gaza. The story spread far and wide, amplified by tech entrepreneur and DOGE appointee Elon Musk, who shared a clip of Leavitt making the statement with the caption, "Tip of the iceberg."