In just six days, Trump's war in Iran cost American taxpayers almost $12 billion. We are now nearly a month into this war, and it is estimated that we have spent around $30 billion of taxpayer money. What Donald Trump spent in three weeks is what it would have cost to extend the Affordable Care act tax credits for a full year. Republicans said that extending these health care tax credits for working families was too expensive, but they have not said a word about Trump spending $30 billion for another war. (01:25–01:38)
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Asserts that the cost of three weeks of war equals the cost to extend ACA tax credits for a year.
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