Pentagon seeks $200 billion in additional funds for the Iran war
Source: Assiciated Press
The Pentagon is seeking $200 billion in additional funds for the Iran war, a sizable amount that is certain to be met with questions from Congress, which would need to approve any new money.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-us-pentagon-972ec1bd956a2c3633e6ab7fff389791
SheltieLover
(80,035 posts)SheltieLover
(80,035 posts)twodogsbarking
(18,597 posts)LakeVermilion
(1,568 posts)They probably already donate to the ballroom and to the remodel of The Kennedy Center.
ChicagoTeamster
(884 posts)The end result was way more. The US has already spent $13B in just what? a week? Plus, how much did the June bombings in Lebanon and Iran cost already?
If he wanted money for an Epstein distraction, he shouldn't have given out the tax cuts or wasted all the DOGE money. Claw that money back now.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(135,302 posts)Debate in Washington over the cost of the war in Iran escalated on Thursday as a new possible price tag of $200 billion began to circulate among policymakers.
The figure isn't final but could represent the Trump administration's eventual request to Congress a "supplemental funding bill," in Washington parlance to cover additional costs stemming from the war.
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"We are asking for a lot of reasons," Trump said, adding that funding is also about rebuilding the overall military beyond what is happening in Iran.
The request, he said, is "a small price to pay to make sure that we stay tippy top."
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/200-billion-for-the-war-in-iran-trump-calls-it-a-small-price-to-pay-174411938.html
raccoon
(32,370 posts)Fla Dem
(27,600 posts)LymphocyteLover
(9,782 posts)durablend
(9,239 posts)And the citizens. Civil unrest then declare martial law.
orangecrush
(30,115 posts)Putin's thug
LymphocyteLover
(9,782 posts)Nope!!!!
Rebl2
(17,666 posts)from the grifter and his ballroom
Talitha
(7,936 posts)RainCaster
(13,660 posts)Peter Theil can pay for it, he wants that war.