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Kirsten Gillibrand: “He's spending over a billion dollars a day on this war in…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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N.Y. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Trump, 2026 elections and more | Full Interview 3.15.26

Published | Video Starts at 03:24

He's done nothing to bring groceries and housing and electricity costs down. He's raised costs of everything with his chaotic tariffs. And now this war in Iran is also continuing to raise our fuel costs. He's spending over a billion dollars a day on this war in Iran. when he should be spending those resources here at home like he promised, to get our grocery costs down and our housing costs down. Well, you know, it's also been sort of an unpopular war. (03:24–03:29)

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