While Americans can't afford healthcare or rent
The U.S. spent over $11 billion on the war in Iran in the first week, according to sources for The New York Times who were inside a closed-door congressional briefing with administration officials. Members of congress were pressing for an estimate from the Pentagon on the total cost of the undeclared war in the Middle East that has already resulted in the deaths of 7 troops and injured 140.
It was reported that the $11 billion figure is just the cost of the munitions spent, not the full cost of executing the war in that first week.
The total cost of the Iraq war was estimated at $3 trillion over the course of 9 years. At a cost of $11 billion per week, the Iran war would cost over $5 trillion in 9 years. And all while three quarters of Americans live paycheck to paycheck and struggle with medical bills, gas prices and affording rent.
Donald Trump built his political movement for more than a decade on the premise that spending money on prolonged wars overseas was a stupid thing to do when Americans were struggling at home. It formed the entire basis behind the "American First" ideology.