Donald Trump: The US Department of Defence has sought $200 billion from the US Congress for military campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Pentagon’s request came after the United States Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth commented that it takes money for killing the bad individuals.
US Expenses On Iran War
The United States had spent approximately $11 billion in the first week alone of the US Israel Iran war. Combined with an additional Pentagon‘s request of $200 billion, the war expenditure by USA could easily exceed more than half of the annual GDP of Iran that stood at $356.51 billion last year. According to the US Senate Appropriations Committee, a sum of $838.5 billion has already been approved by the Congress in defence funding for the 2026 fiscal year.
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According to media reports, the funding request would likely stage a severe political battle in US Congress as Democrats have been sharply critical and public support for the Iran war remains tepid.
Iran Mocks War Joined By Donald Trump
Iran immediately mocked the funding request saying the United States is burdening its own citizens for serving an ‘Israel first’ agenda.
This is not the first time that the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has taken a dig at USA for being involved in the war. A few days back, Araghchi had commented that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dragged the United States and Donald Trump into “his war against Iran.”
It was after Trump had commented that the United States was not a party to the Israeli operation on the South Pars gas field in Iran. The Islamic Republic of Iran soon retaliated by targeting a series of gas facilities in the Middle East.
Trump went on to comment that Israel would not be launching any more attacks on South Pars unless Iran provokes by hitting Qatar facilities.
