However, I think very highly of his wife. She markets wonderful fish sticks.
Posted on 03/09/2026 7:04:51 AM PDT by RandFan
President Trump’s unconstitutional and unjust war against Iran is setting back his “affordability” agenda. The war has caused a big rise in gasoline prices. Among the related concerns is the hindering of the movement of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, the only available passage for ships to transport oil from the Persian Gulf
The increased costs will do more than raise prices at the pump. An increase in gas prices brings increased transportation costs that will be passed along to consumers. Prices of a variety of goods, including food, will increase.
No wonder Energy Secretary Chris Wright, White House Chief of Staff Susan Wiles, and other Trump administration officials are frantically working to develop policies to lower gas prices. One possibility under consideration is deploying US troops to try to ensure ships can pass through the Strait of Hormuz. This could turn into a permanent deployment of US troops.
According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the US government is spending about 891.4 million dollars a day on the Iran War. These costs are likely to increase as the war drags on and the US increases its military presence, possibly even putting boots on the ground in Iran.
According to numerous media reports, the Trump administration is preparing a 50 billion dollars “supplemental” funding request for the Iran War. This request will soon be sent to Congress. This funding would be added on top of the defense budget.
The supplemental bill is likely to pass with overwhelming bipartisan support. The Trump administration’s 50 billion dollars price tag is a floor, not a ceiling. Senators and Representatives will seek to add their spending priorities to this “must pass” legislation, while corporate lobbyists are no doubt already preparing “wish lists” to present to lawmakers.
The costs of the Iran War will further increase the already over 38 trillion dollars and rising national debt. The rate of increases will be greater as long as the government is spending almost a billion dollars a day, or more, on a regime change war in Iran.
The costs of this war will put added pressure on the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low and increase its purchase of Treasury bonds in order to monetize the federal debt. The pressure on the Fed will also increase as other countries reduce their purchase of US debt. These reductions will be motivated by concerns over the economic instability caused by the US government’s out of control spending and by resentment over the US government’s hyperinterventionist foreign policy. These factors could also accelerate the increasing rejection of the dollar’s world reserve currency status. A loss of the reserve currency status will cause a dollar crisis, leading to an economic crash worse than the Great Depression.
This crash will likely result in the end of the welfare-warfare-fiat money system. Whether this system is replaced by an even more authoritarian one or by a system of limited government and much more freedom depends on whether those of us who know the truth do our best to spread the message that the key to peace and prosperity is a system of free markets, limited government, individual liberty, and peaceful relations and free trade with all nations.
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The reality is that Iran has already been the source of untold financial loss and problems. Everything now is geared to preventing terrorism, and it costs money. It won’t stop, and as soon as Iran launches a Nuke, people would look back and ask why we didn’t take the cheap route.
The only thing illegal is if Trump continues the conflict beyond the time provided by the War powers act. This is one, which I hope that he does come to Congress and get a vote, near 60 days. People should be able to see who their Congress people actually support.
However, I think very highly of his wife. She markets wonderful fish sticks.
To the tune of $38 trillion of U.S. debt?? LOL.
Letting Iran go on and on with their Supreme Leaders and Mullah’s aggressions and hatred for the U.S. aka ‘The Great Satan’ as they were before Trump destroyed their missile bases is tantamount to the appeasement of Hitler and the diplomatic strategy used by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and others in the 1930s, which involved making concessions to Nazi Germany in hopes of avoiding war. That policy is often criticized for failing to prevent World War II because Hitler continued aggressive expansion despite concessions.
Does this little MFer ever shut up with the negativity?
A professional contrarian, an attention where with a raging inferiority complex if you ask me.
Chances are he got his ass beat on the elementary school playground regularly.
As would their Supreme Leaders and Mullah’s (addendum to post six).
you left out NGO’s and non-profits. And amigos means friends.
The Dollar is a causality of the Fed.
If a title ends in a question mark, the answer is likely no and the writer knows it.
Exactly.
Time to take the bully out. I'm looking at you Scut "Ayatollah" Farkus.
I have problems with this whole thing. Iran is certainly a serious threat. But it’s not an immediate threat. Shouldn’t Congress be more involved here?
I truly don’t know the answer to that. Today’s Congress is full of nitwits, and also folks who outright hate this country. It’s not Eisenhower’s America any more.
Unless there is regime change in Iran and the enriched uranium is secured , this war despite the spin will be a costly failure. The lunatic, demonic Democrats will exploit the backlash and take power in 2026 and 2028. Then yes. Not only will the American dollar weaken but the American nation itself will suffer greatly. IMHO Trump has made a huge mistake for which history will condemn him. Nothing good has come from these foreign entanglements.
Thank you for posting that. I dont see this POV often reflected here.
Ron did mention the “welfare-warfare state” which he often means Congress teaming up and passing the “Republican” increase in defense spending and the Dems increase in welfare.
He often says there is too much bipartisanship !!
(A funny line)
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