Trump launched this war without a plan, without a clear objective, and without any thought to how it might affect the American people. When Hegseth and other Pentagon officials came to testify at the end of April, they said This war cost American taxpayers $25 billion. Well, yesterday they revised that figure to $29 billion. Trump has forced American taxpayers to sink at least $29 billion into a war that still has no end game. (02:55–03:04)
CLAIM
Asserts that the cost of the war has increased from $25 billion to $29 billion.
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