If we're to believe DUI hire "Whiskey Pete" Hegseth's testimony yesterday (we don't), the Trump quagmire, a.k.a. the war in Iran, has cost the American taxpayers $37.5 billion just to fund the military campaign (not counting the impact on gas prices and other downstream costs):
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced fiery questions and protests Tuesday over the U.S. war with Iran, which he estimated has cost $37.5 billion so far, as Republicans prepare a $95 billion package to fund the military, along with other White House priorities.
Hegseth provided the new estimate, up from earlier assessments, during a combative Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, which came days after the Pentagon announced that three more American service members have died in the conflict, bringing the death toll to 17, and that more than 100 have been injured since early July. Several times protesters interrupted his opening remarks.
Hegseth said the supplemental war funding is an “urgent, necessary” injection of money, and with President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget a generational investment in the military. [snip]
President Donald Trump has said repeatedly that “a deal is near, and the war will be over soon,” she [Democratic Sen. Patty Murray] said. “But now, he’s asking for $70 billion more — and for us to just trust him it’ll all work out fine.”
Others have been keeping track of the pricetag, though. They've put the cost at well over $150 billion in military, energy, borrowing, food, etc., with no end in sight for the clowns running the show in the White House and Secretary of High-T's office.
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