Congressional MAGAts are bracing for a hefty bill for their unhinged cult leader's adventure in Iran, at a time when family budgets are tighter than ever and the 2026 mid-term elections are approaching and not looking good for them. From Politico:
"Republicans on Capitol Hill are preparing to confront a staggering price tag for the war in the Middle East after closed-door briefings this week detailed the rapid consumption of expensive munitions and the lack of any firm deadline for the end of the military campaign.
Asked how much the Iran offensive would cost, House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) didn’t sugarcoat it.
'A lot,' he replied.
Senior Republicans privately expect President Donald Trump’s administration to request tens of billions of dollars for the Middle East conflict and other military needs from Congress in the coming days, with some GOP lawmakers hearing estimates that the Pentagon is spending as much as $2 billion a day on the war. [snip]
The prospect of a growing new spending measure has GOP leaders bracing for a messy internal fight, with fiscal hawks who have long decried 'forever wars' and bloated Pentagon budgets deeply unsettled by some of the cost estimates flying around on Capitol Hill. At the very least, some are planning to demand offsetting spending cuts." (our emphasis)
Dems should reject helping the MAGAts to get out of the mess their cult leader initiated with his (and Netanyahu's) war of choice and diversion. They'll have to likely suggest more budget cuts aimed at working families, etc., to offset the additional costs of Operation Epic Epstein Fury, again in an election year.
Just this morning, the delusional Malignant Fascist announced on his idiotic "Truth" Social that his war would go on until Iran surrenders unconditionally, and he's allowed to select their new ruler, so that price tag will balloon until voters tell him they've had enough.
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