Iran War Costs Mount as Trump Threatens All-Out Return
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- Trump threatens to blow up Iran negotiations and return to all-out war, throwing the conflict's end into question.
- US military operations against Iran are seeing steadily growing costs, with continued escalations over the Strait of Hormuz this week.
- The immediate cost of military actions in the Middle East will run the US government tens of billions of dollars, per the article.
- Mike Huckabee, US Ambassador to Israel, is warning Iran not to "test" Trump as tensions simmer.
Why it matters: Military operations are projected to cost the US government tens of billions in immediate spending, while Trump's threat to abandon diplomacy raises the risk of an all-out war that would compound that financial burden and intensify escalations around the Strait of Hormuz.
