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Trump Shrugs Off Economic Impact of Iran War on Americans

TIME·Miranda Jeyaretnam·20 days ago
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President Donald Trump has said that Americans’ economic pain is not his concern when it comes to the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran . When asked at the White House on Tuesday if Americans’ financial situations were motivating him to strike a deal with Iran, Trump said, “Not even a little bit.” “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation,” Trump told reporters on the White House South Lawn before departing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing . “I don’t think about anybody. I think about one thing: We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. That’s all.” The war has also directly cost taxpayers an estimated $29 billion, a top Pentagon official testified on Tuesday. Jay Hurst, the Pentagon comptroller, told members of Congress that war costs have risen “closer” to $29 billion—an increase of $4 billion from just two weeks earlier when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified on Capitol Hill. Sen. Mark Kelly (D, Ariz.) said this week that the U.S.…

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