Trump Threatens All-Out Iran War as Costs Mount
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- Trump threatens to blow up negotiations with Iran and return to all-out war, as escalations over the Strait of Hormuz continued this week.
- The cost of America's military operations against Iran is steadily growing, with the source indicating the immediate cost of military actions in the Middle East will impact government spending.
Why it matters: The source frames the story through a fiscal lens most other outlets miss: every other headline in the cross-coverage list leads on threats, quagmires, or diplomatic collapse, but this piece zeroes in on what open-ended warfare costs the US government — a direct material consequence if Trump follows through on his all-out war threat.
