The president is self-combusting amid the war in Iran and cost-of-living crisis in the United States Pete Hegseth and some of his top Pentagon brass appeared before Congress on Tuesday to answer questions about the $1.5 trillion in taxpayer money they want ferried their way in next year’s budget, a ghastly sum that would mean a 42-percent increase from this year’s funding level. The request comes as the United States remains locked in a deeply unpopular conflict with Iran, one that has caused the price of gas to soar and inflation to skyrocket to a three-year high . Jay Hurst, the military’s money man, told lawmakers that the government has already spent nearly $30 billion on the war, the objectives of which remain unclear after over two months of chaos. Americans blame Donald Trump for the self-inflicted cost-of-living crisis, with a CNN poll released Tuesday showing his disapproval on the economy at 70 percent.…