Apr 2
The Trump ‘War Tax’: The Economic Costs of the Iran War

By striking Iran on February 28, President Donald Trump launched the United States into war without any meaningful justification, strategy, or exit plan. This war follows a pattern for Trump’s second administration, where it has sought to use military action as a first resort, trampling the Constitution and sowing instability in new theaters seemingly every few months. From the Caribbean to Venezuela to Iran, Trump seems only interested in furthering narrow interests at home and abroad, while the American people are left with rising costs, greater insecurity, and moral outrage at the loss of service members and civilians.