(DC Pundit) – If you thought the government’s reckless spending only applied to gender studies in Pakistan or $500,000 monkey empathy experiments, buckle up. According to a former high-ranking federal official, the U.S. government may have burned through $21 trillion, yes, trillion with a T, on something far more outrageous: secret underground cities built for the elite.
Catherine Austin Fitts, who served as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Housing during the George H.W. Bush administration, made the jaw-dropping claim during an interview on Tucker Carlson’s podcast last week. And if her allegations are true, we’re looking at what might be the most blatant abuse of American taxpayer money in history.
“We have built an extraordinary number of underground bases and, supposedly, transportation systems,” Fitts told Carlson. “Some of these are documented as part of the national security infrastructure, but I think there are many more in the United States and all over the world.”
According to Fitts, the spending trail leads back to a 2018 report from Michigan State University economist Mark Skidmore, who uncovered an alleged $21 trillion in “unauthorized spending” between 1998 and 2015. The questionable expenditures occurred primarily within two departments: the Department of Defense and, you guessed it, the very agency Fitts once oversaw, HUD.
If you’re wondering how exactly one misplaces $21 trillion, you are not alone. That kind of money doesn’t just fall between couch cushions. According to Fitts, it might have gone into a network of 170 underground bases across the country, and even under the oceans, complete with transportation tunnels connecting them all.
Yes, apparently, while Americans were told we couldn’t afford border walls or better schools for our children, someone was out there boring high-speed escape routes for elites to disappear into when things hit the fan.
“The purpose is if you thought you were going to get a near-extinction event,” Fitts explained. “You have so many activities going on that you need to keep secret.”
BREAKING: A former housing official alleges the U.S. government secretly redirected $21 trillion to create an underground "city" for the elite during a "near-extinction event."
This is INSANE if true. pic.twitter.com/HvUWA9Eoy5
— Jack (@jackunheard) May 5, 2025
Let’s pause there. A “near-extinction event”? So while regular Americans were stocking up on toilet paper during COVID and wondering how to pay for gas, the D.C. ruling class may have been building luxury bunkers under our feet?
Tucker, never one to shy away from things that sound unbelievable, because these days, they usually turn out to be true, added his anecdote. “I knew a contractor who worked on one in the city of Washington D.C., and I remember him telling me about a power box, like a transformer box on Constitution Avenue,” Carlson said. “He told me that was actually the exit, the egress from the White House.”
“I thought, ‘that’s kind of crazy in the middle of this big city where I live … that you could build something like that without me knowing it,’” he added.
Crazy? Maybe. But after the past several years of government overreach, secrecy, and corruption, is anything really off the table?
If these claims are even half-true, it’s not just a scandal—it’s a national betrayal. Our nation’s ruling class may have spent decades preparing their getaway plan while leaving the rest of us in the dark, literally.
So, the next time the government tells you there’s no room in the budget to fix your roads or secure your elections, just remember: apparently, there’s always money for bunkers.
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