Donald Trump demands Reuters return $9 MILLION payment from the Pentagon for 'social deception' study
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Donald Trump is demanding that Elon Musk recover millions the federal government paid to Reuters over the course of four years for a mysterious 'social engineering defense' program.
The years-old contract was discovered by Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and reveals that the Department of Defense awarded Thomson Reuters Special Services, LLC (TRSS) a contract worth approximately $9.15 million.
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