At a press conference, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth confirmed that the Pentagon is again asking Congress for financial support.
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— It takes money to kill bad guys, he said, referring to the cost of the operation. He added that the decision to end the activities rests with the president, who will decide when the goals have been achieved.
— We are on track, but there is no set date – he pointed out.
A war on an unprecedented scale
According to a report by The Washington Post, the Pentagon intends to allocate additional funds, including: for the production of ammunition, which is intensively used in attacks. Since the beginning of the conflict, which began on February 28, the US has attacked over 7,000. various purposes.
Pete Hegseth said operations will be intensified.
— Our capabilities continue to grow, and Iran's situation continues to deteriorate. We hunt and attack – he said, adding that the current operations are expected to be the largest since the beginning of the war.
President Donald Trump, when asked about the need for such large funding, pointed out the need to maintain military advantage.
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— We ask this for many reasons. “We are well stocked with ammunition, but we want to be in the best shape possible,” he said in the Oval Office. At the same time, he denied that he intended to send additional troops to the region, although he noted that if he had such plans, he would not reveal them to the media.
Growing debt and costs of war
The costs of war are already enormous. According to Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council, by Sunday, military operations had cost $12 billion.
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Meanwhile, the US public debt has reached a record level of $39 trillion, which contradicts Donald Trump's previous declarations about the need to reduce government spending.
