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If Donald Trump can be depended on for anything, it’s saying the quiet part out loud.

At an Easter lunch event at the White House yesterday, the president explained that the cost of war meant the the US government couldn’t afford to spend money on helping Americans meet their basic needs: "The United States can’t take care of daycare [..] We have all these other people; we’re fighting wars."

https://jacobin.com/2026/04/trump-war-iran-cost-childcare

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The War on Iran Is More Expensive Than You Think

In the first two weeks of its war on Iran, the US spent an estimated $2.1 billion a day. It’s no wonder Donald Trump is saying that the cost of war means the federal government can’t afford to spend money to help Americans meet their basic needs.