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Zohran Mamdani: “It is a war that is costing at least $500 million a day.”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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Mayor Mamdani Holds Tax Day Forum with Economists Gabriel Zucman and Joseph Stiglitz

Published | Video Starts at 36:41

We are speaking right now, having a conversation, as our country has spent now close to $30 billion on a war in multiple countries in the Middle east that has killed thousands of people. It is a war that is costing at least $500 million a day. And the return on that is images of our country bombing girls schools in Iran. (36:41–36:46)

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