Pentagon seeks $80 billion as Iran conflict costs continue to climb

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Friday 19 June 2026 05:32 EDT


The U.S. Department of Defense requires $80 billion to cover costs from the Iran conflict and other non-war-related bills, Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg informed lawmakers this week, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing sources.

A full U.S. supplemental request, including funding for the Pentagon and non-defense priorities such as farm and disaster relief, could be sent to lawmakers soon. Reuters could not immediately verify the report; the White House and Pentagon were unavailable for comment outside business hours.

The Iran conflict has cost an estimated $25 billion so far, according to a Pentagon official who spoke to Reuters in April, providing the first official estimate of the war's price tag.

However, the full cost of the conflict, which President Donald Trump entered alongside Israel on February 28, remains unclear. An initial request for an additional $200 billion in funding faced significant opposition, raising questions about how future military and reconstruction costs will be covered.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/pentagon-iran-funding-feinberg-trump-b2998945.html

[Tim S]

1. Defund Netanyahu's military aid and use *that* money. Maybe less people will die that way.

[RockCreek]

2. For the war not approved by Congress?

[2naSalit]

3. Yeah...

Didn't they pass a resolution or something that demands the idiot bring the military home?

Like last week?

[Lovie777]

4. They recently approved his war powers for Iran....................

[marble falls]

5. TACO: the gift that keeps on taking.

[walkingman]

6. No more money for the Department of Defense....a total waste of taxpayer dollars.

[bluestarone]

7. Can anyone of power see what they are doing?

Destroy our country anyway possible. Will nobody on the rethugicon side do ANYTHING? Jesus Christ!!

[SWBTATTReg]

8. What about the cost of self-esteem lost by Americans because of tRUMP's actions? That's gotta cost at least

scores of billions of dollars. POS in the White House needs to go before the entire country is laughed into the next Stone Age because of tRUMP.

[Grins]

9. Agree to it...if it includes a 5% income tax increase.

Then watch the MAGA and oligarchs squirm….

[RainCaster]

10. Ask TACO for the funds

He did this, he should pay for it

[Brother Buzz]

11. It would be a great day when our schools get all the money they need and the Air Force has to hold a bake sale

[sinkingfeeling]

13. I had that very poster in my office from the 70s until 2015.

[twodogsbarking]

12. Can't they have a bake sale?

[SergeStorms]

14. The poor Pentagon just can't make do....

on their projected budget of 1.5 Trillion dollars. Yeah, that's trillion with a capital "T".

It's a bare-bones operation as it is, folks.

If DOGE actually wanted to cut Federal spending they could have started and finished in the Pentagon.