The Pentagon has informed US lawmakers that it requires approximately $80 billion in emergency supplemental funding to address expenses related to the US military operations in Iran and other pressing budgetary needs.
Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg conveyed this request during recent phone calls with congressional members, according to reports from individuals familiar with the discussions cited by The Wall Street Journal.
Military officials have warned that the armed services risk depleting funds for essential operations as early as this summer without congressional approval of a new wartime spending measure.
Missed your reply yesterday, but as we can see today Israel has NOT behaved, and the Straight is closed once again.
And ugh… I hadn’t even considered the cost of the damage to the bases. I knew Hegseth had depleted our stockpile of munitions but I thought the $80b was the cost to replace those, and that still leaves us dangerously exposed for several years. I’m sure Trump probably thinks he can order some on Amazon and have them delivered the next day, that’s just how out of touch he is with reality.
I’m waiting for Iran to fire missiles at Israel again when there are more civilian deaths in Lebanon today or tomorrow, or something like that.
I cannot imagine a scenario where the USA just lets Israel be bombarded ( because Israel will still probably attack Lebanon after that, then we have a repeat) and not do something that sets off new stuff also
I seem to recall last time Trump announced there was a ceasefire, and the Israel cut loose again, Trump was absolutely livid. I still there there could be a chance where Netanyahu pissed off Trump so badly that he cuts all support. Trump might accidentally do something beneficial for the US.