Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder Tells Tucker Carlson Why He Sees Pentagon As ‘Huge Demonic Sucking Tube’

Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder Ben Cohen told 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation co-founder Tucker Carlson on Monday that, due to the Pentagon’s inflated budget, the department is a “huge demonic sucking tube.”

President Donald Trump announced Saturday that his second administration will seek a 13% increase in defense spending, which would push the Pentagon over $1 trillion. While calling out the bloated spending during a discussion of the Ukraine-Russia war on “The Tucker Carlson Show,” Cohen talked about how he thinks the U.S. could be using its budget.

“We could have more affordable housing. We could make it so that the American dream could actually still happen, that people could afford a house. That you can get a decent education, and that you can get childcare,” Cohen said.

“That it doesn’t have to cost you so much money to go to college. These things can all be done. Most other developed countries are providing that for their citizens, but the U.S. chooses to spend, I mean, look at this,” Cohen added while pulling out a budget chart.

While the president has asked for an increase in spending, Trump ordered a review of all defense acquisition programs in April, giving Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth 90 days to review and potentially cancel major defense programs that are either 15% or more over budget or behind schedule.

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During the U.S. 2024 fiscal year, national defense spending was one of the top five expenditures, reaching $874 billion, according