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A Politically Impossible Situation

A Politically Impossible Situation

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uly 23, 2026

In a speech in 1953, President Dwight D Eisenhower warned that
diverting tax dollars to war came at the expense of the American
people, Trump is slashing programs that people depend on for
food, health, scientific research, etc. to pay for his foreign
adventures, Pete Hegseth was on Capitol Hill asking for $67
billion to fund the Defense Department through the end of
September, The administration has not told Congress where the
money is going, The Pentagon’s internal estimate of the cost of
the Iran War is $100 billion, far in excess of what Hegseth told
Congress, The only way to the victory that Trump wants is
politically impossible, Trump and Rubio are threatening to attack
civilian infrastructure in Iran, although that could be
considered a war crime, The price of oil has surged to more than
$100 a barrel, The House of Representatives passed a concurrent
resolution to end the war in Iran, with four Republicans joining
all the Democrats, The Senate took up a measure to force the
president to end the US hostilities with Iran, but it declined to
advance the resolution, The vote was 47 to 49 with four
Republican senators choosing not to vote.

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