Pentagon Seeks $200 Billion for War

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Despite the Iran War not being approved by Congress, WaPo is reporting that the Trump Administration is seeking $200 billion to fight the widening conflict. The Trump-decided war has very little buy in from the American people and Trump has not formed a normal coalition of willing allies that usually support America in such military actions.

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But we can't afford health care, or food stamps, or student loans help, or education or medicare or medicaid or anything else that helps the taxpayers.

But $200 BILLION to cover up the Trumpstein files....

#1 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-03-19 10:41 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 6

Take it out of the billionaire tax cut.

#2 | Posted by bat4255 at 2026-03-19 10:41 AM | Reply

Demand that Mexico...

#3 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2026-03-19 10:59 AM | Reply

And that's just for the Lobster and Steaks!
They want another 50 billion for the whiskey.

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-19 10:59 AM | Reply

Operation "Furiously Distract from the Epstein Files" has become extremely expensive.

Just remember, there's never enough money available to help Americans live a better life, but there's always enough money available for war.

#5 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-19 11:11 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

Headline fail!

It's not a War!

Trumpy said so.

Nothing bad will happen.

It can only good happen.

Trumpy said so!

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-03-19 11:14 AM | Reply

Oh well, we did give the gop the entire congress. So there goes another 200 billion.

#7 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-03-19 11:17 AM | Reply

It's a little weird to agree with 2019 Trump....

"The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East. Thousands of our Great Soldiers have died or been badly wounded. Millions of people have died on the other side. GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY! We went to war under a false & now disproven premise, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. There were NONE!"

#8 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-03-19 11:18 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I would like ALL of the DR citizens to read the Declaration of Independence again, and note the similarities to what mad King Donald is doing now.

#9 | Posted by e1g1 at 2026-03-19 11:19 AM | Reply

"Trump may have started the war - but he doesn't have the power to unilaterally end it. The Iranians have not publicly stated that they will quickly agree to stop their attacks. In the last week, they have increasingly targeted the region's energy infrastructure, which could cause a major jump in oil prices and a longer period of uncertainty if they persist. Revolutionary Guard spokesperson Ali Mohammad Naini on Tuesday told Iranian state media that 'Iran will determine when the war ends.' "

Scott Waldman

#10 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2026-03-19 11:23 AM | Reply

And yet, there are no funds for TSA and FEMA, eh?

OCU

#11 | Posted by OCUser at 2026-03-19 11:27 AM | Reply

Maybe Ukraine can pay us back the hundreds of billions we sent them and it will be a wash.

#12 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-19 11:54 AM | Reply

Maybe the------------------- can steal from every cancer charity on the planet.

#13 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-03-19 11:58 AM | Reply

talk to pansy Walz / Omar and others with the "learing centers" in Minnesota.

they have no problem getting money.

#14 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-19 12:11 PM | Reply

Maybe Ukraine can pay us back the hundreds of billions we sent them and it will be a wash.

#12 | Posted by BellRinger

no can do..

.that money was just handed over with no accountability and if you had

even questioned accountability these 2 faced liars would have called you

even worse than the punks do now.

#15 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-19 12:13 PM | Reply

well I was hoping to read a post from you leftist about CHAVEZ but as usual

it's gonna have to be one of us do it.

--I should have known none of you wanted any part of that!!

#16 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-19 12:18 PM | Reply

Putin's gelatinous orange butt ---- wants $200 billion to make Russia great again.

united24media.com

#17 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-03-19 12:21 PM | Reply

The total cost of Afghanistan was $2.3 trillion.

They need 10% of a 20 year war for one year?

#18 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-19 12:23 PM | Reply

And of course, s*&^bag ballwasher has nothing to say other than deflecting.

GFY you piece of s*&^. Maybe you should acknowledge that stupid dumbf*&^s like you are why we're in this situation to begin with and then kindly STFU because what you "think" is not needed nor relevant.

#19 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-19 12:25 PM | Reply

$200 billion is peanuts compared to what we will end up paying

We are looking at multiple trillions at a minimum

#20 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-03-19 12:27 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

The total cost of Afghanistan was $2.3 trillion.
They need 10% of a 20 year war for one year?

#18 | Posted by jpw

America spends a trillion per year on defense and ran out of munitions after 2 weeks.

criminal neglect

#21 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-03-19 12:29 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Did schumer send a letter expressing slight discomfort? OH, WAIT Israel, nevermind

#22 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-03-19 12:30 PM | Reply

"I want the Iranians to know that if I'm elected president, we will attack Iran."

Hillary Clinton

2008

when asked about Iran and nukes.

guess she would have had the clinton foundation pay the bill since they could

certainly afford it.

#23 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-19 12:39 PM | Reply

" GFY you piece of s*&^. Maybe you should acknowledge that stupid dumbf*&^s like you are why we're in this situation to begin with and then kindly STFU because what you "think" is not needed nor relevant.

#19 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2026-03-19 12:25 PM | FLAG: "

Does anyone here speak gibberish? I'd like a translation.

#24 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-19 12:40 PM | Reply

Does anyone here speak gibberish? I'd like a translation.

#24 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-19 12:40 PM | Reply | Flag:

That must be truck stop shorthand he's posting.

#25 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-03-19 12:44 PM | Reply

I'm sure -------- know how to better spend money.

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

here's a minuscule list of the STUPID F/G S/T that dems spend tax money on

--idiots.

Millions for LGBTQ+ initiatives in the Western Balkans and Uganda, as well as $1.5 million for

LGBT advocacy in Jamaica.

Gender and DEI Programming: Programs aimed at promoting "equity and inclusion" in education in

Nepal ($8.3 million), and $7.9 million to train journalists in Sri Lanka to avoid "binary

gendered language

#26 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-19 12:44 PM | Reply

Trump promised the MAGA base no new wars. Then he went to war with Iran

www.tpr.org

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

#27 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-03-19 12:44 PM | Reply

Pedo 47 is burning through a lot of cash to deflect away from the fact that he's a serial------------.

#28 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-03-19 12:46 PM | Reply

Does anyone here speak gibberish? I'd like a translation.

#24 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-19 12:40 PM | Reply | Flag:

That must be truck stop shorthand he's posting.

#25 | Posted by lfthndthrds a

I think I can translate..

here's what he's saying...

"I got nothing"

#29 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-19 12:48 PM | Reply

DOGE? Elon? Hello?

#30 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2026-03-19 12:49 PM | Reply

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

#27 | Posted by reinheitsgebot

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

#31 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-19 12:50 PM | Reply

mine's longer than yours.

#32 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-19 12:51 PM | Reply

Maybe Ukraine can pay us back the hundreds of billions we sent them and it will be a wash.

#12 | Posted by BellRinger

If Trump/Republicans had allowed another $200 billion in support to Ukraine, it's very possible that they could have pushed your daddy Putin out of there by now.

#33 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-03-19 12:51 PM | Reply

#33. $175 billion isn't enough?

#34 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-19 12:55 PM | Reply

That must be truck stop shorthand he's posting.

#25 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Duhhhhh TrUkCsTopSZ!!

Another useless, stupid f*&^ chimes in.

#35 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-19 12:57 PM | Reply

We are looking at multiple trillions at a minimum

#20 | Posted by truthhurts

No, we're looking at the collapse of the dollar.

Congrats Trumper dumbf*&^s, you're killing the goose that laid the golden eggs.

#36 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-19 12:58 PM | Reply

criminal neglect

#21 | Posted by truthhurts

No, I think it's just becoming clear that we've been more akin to Putin's Russia for far longer than we want to admit. DoD budget has been little more than a conduit from the treasury to insider pockets.

#37 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-19 12:59 PM | Reply

Does anyone here speak gibberish? I'd like a translation.

#24 | Posted by BellRinger

Proving that you are, in fact, stupid.

#38 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-19 01:00 PM | Reply

" Duhhhhh TrUkCsTopSZ!!

Another useless, stupid f*&^ chimes in.

#35 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2026-03-19 12:57 PM | FLAG: "

It was a pretty good zinger. You know what I do when someone lands a good one on me? I give it a funny flag.

#39 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-19 01:00 PM | Reply

The trucker thing is never a "pretty good zinger." It never was and never will be, sport.

That one was doubly stupid because shorthand would mean it was a full message but with...wait for it...shorter sentences using abbreviations.

Was it that?

#40 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-19 01:10 PM | Reply

Duhhhhh TrUkCsTopSZ!!

Another useless, stupid f*&^ chimes in.

#35 | Posted by jpw

geesus effing christ.....you are one stupid douche.

you think the most effective response to replies to your gibberish...

---is more gibberish......

I'd write BWAAAAAAAAAA....but reinsagoobersuckr seems to have stolen it.

#41 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-19 01:14 PM | Reply

I'll do you a solid. Next time you are workin* the middle stall I'll have the Flying J pipe in "You've lost that loving feeling" to make it feel more romantic.

#42 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-19 01:15 PM | Reply

here's a minuscule list of the STUPID F/G S/T that dems spend tax money on

#26 | Posted by shrimptacodan

Some of that has been debunked, some of that is misleading. Some of it is just a small part of normal funding. And Republicans have had most control of spending for years now.

Either way, is millions of dollars the same as $2 billion every day? $200 billion? It's only been a few weeks! How long before it's $1 trillion?

#43 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2026-03-19 01:16 PM | Reply

You're not seriously expecting shrimpd*&^ to understand basic numbers and math, are you?

#44 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-19 01:18 PM | Reply

For the two biggest --------- around on the DR (excluding Visitor and Fartfisher) the translation is:

"Go ---- yourself, you piece of ----. Maybe you should acknowledge that stupid ---------s like you are why we're in this situation to begin with and then kindly shut the ---- up because what you "think" is not needed nor relevant."

Given how straightforward and obvious that "translation" was, and how neither of you two could figure it out? Well that's an indictment of both of you, not JPW.

You morans (sic) owned yourselves.

(Poster boy for of MAGA America)

#45 | Posted by YAV at 2026-03-19 01:24 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Do Republicans think the poor have that much?

Or are Republicans paying for this with loans.

#46 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-19 01:47 PM | Reply

so worried about spending money / so 2 faced f/g hypocritical lying scum

report says that NYC spent 81,000 on each homeless person last year.

city comptroller says that number should rise to well over 90k.
and the homeless numbers keep growing....WHY WOULDN'T THEY KEEP GROWING ....WITH NO INCENTIVE TO
GET OUT ?

--where does it go ?........EASY ANSWER.........the ceo's of the organizations
make from 668,000 a year to 1.3 million and they're clearly UNINTERESTED in solving that
issue.

#47 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-19 01:49 PM | Reply

Either way, is millions of dollars the same as $2 billion every day? $200 billion? It's only been a few weeks! How long before it's $1 trillion?

#43 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar

It's not how much it's what it's going for as well

of course it's common knowledge here that women cattle ( muslims )

are not high on any leftist list of oppressed.

#48 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-19 01:52 PM | Reply

Stupidfuckdan, why don't you take your gaping ass to Kharg Island in support of your child-raping idol?

#49 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-03-19 01:52 PM | Reply

ou're not seriously expecting shrimpd*&^ to understand basic numbers and math, are you?

#44 | Posted by jpw

shut up dick

#50 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-19 01:54 PM | Reply

Some of that has been debunked, some of that is misleading...

#43 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar

according to the dem rump rubbing media hoes and creeps.

a group of propaganda water carriers that are never to be trusted or given a shred of credibility again.

#51 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-19 01:57 PM | Reply

Stupidfuckdan, why don't you take your gaping ass to Kharg Island in support of your child-raping idol?

#49 | Posted by reinheitsgebot

say that again mister.........THIS TIME do it in JPW-ISM.

#52 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-19 01:59 PM | Reply

Stupidfuckdan, why don't you take your gaping ass to Kharg Island in support of your child-raping idol?

#49 | Posted by reinheitsge

if you and JPW would stop going maybe one day you'd both

make noise when you fart like you used to.....

#53 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-19 02:05 PM | Reply

Hegseth says potential $200 billion Iran war spending request could shift: 'Takes money to kill bad guys'
www.cnbc.com

... Hegseth on Thursday declined to say when the U.S. expects to achieve its objectives in Iran.

"It will be at the president's choosing, ultimately, where we say, Hey, we've achieved what we need to on behalf of the American people to ensure our security,'" he said. "So no time set on that, but we're very much on track."

President Donald Trump, asked in the Oval Office later Thursday why the Pentagon is seeking so much money, said, "We're asking for a lot of reasons."

He then boasted that the U.S. is well-stocked with "vast amounts of ammunition" and that defense companies such as Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are "building at a level they've never seen before."

"So we're in very good shape, but we want to be in the best shape," Trump said.

He also told a reporter he would not send U.S. troops to the region. But he added, "If I were, I certainly wouldn't tell you." ...

#54 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-19 02:21 PM | Reply

@#54 ... "It will be at the president's choosing, ultimately, where we say, Hey, we've achieved what we need to on behalf of the American people to ensure our security,'" he said. "So no time set on that, but we're very much on track." ...

... and what, exactly, track are we on?

#55 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-19 02:22 PM | Reply

... and what, exactly, track are we on?

And if there is no time set, how do you know if you are very much on track?

Hegseth is silly enough to put Colin Jost out of a job.

#56 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-03-19 02:36 PM | Reply

Look at the MAGA Pedophiles!

Deflecting all they can.

Poor lil MAGA Pedophiles.

#57 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-03-19 02:39 PM | Reply

Shrimptacodan and Bellringer,

So which one of you is on your knees in front Netanyahu and which one of you is on your knees behind him?

On the plus side, at least when you are busy pleasuring Nuttyyahoo, you aren't chasing underage girls.

#58 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-03-19 02:47 PM | Reply

He then boasted that the U.S. is well-stocked with "vast amounts of ammunition" and that defense companies such as Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are "building at a level they've never seen before."

Pure unadulterated bulls*&^.

We're being "lead" by someone who isn't told the truth because his ego has to live in a contrived fantasy.

And he's surrounded by incompetent tool bags more than happy to keep the delusion alive for their own benefits.

#59 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-19 02:48 PM | Reply

#57 | Posted by Sycophant

on the prowl for little boys I see.

once again ...kiss Rcade's ass for making this joint anonymous.

#60 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-19 02:58 PM | Reply

" So which one of you is on your knees in front Netanyahu and which one of you is on your knees behind him?

On the plus side, at least when you are busy pleasuring Nuttyyahoo, you aren't chasing underage girls.

#58 | POSTED BY SYCOPHANT AT 2026-03-19 02:47 PM | FLAG: "

You sound like a man of experience.

#61 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-19 03:11 PM | Reply

So which one of you is on your knees in front Netanyahu and which one of you is on your knees behind him?

On the plus side, at least when you are busy pleasuring Nuttyyahoo, you aren't chasing underage girls.

#58 | Posted by Sycophant

funny stuff.

not as funny as Good / Pretti and Floyd singing,,..

" we fought the law and the law won."

you're as funny as a one legged gay ayatollah with erectile dysfunction...
about to be disintegrated...

#62 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-19 03:12 PM | Reply

#61 | Posted by BellRinger

that guy is calling people pedos...

..same guy whose party

supports NAMBLA and doesn't reject someone talking about

"minor attracted persons" and normalizing pedophilia.

dems are 2 faced hypocritical mo-fo liars.

#63 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-19 03:20 PM | Reply

every f..ing one of them,.

#64 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-19 03:22 PM | Reply

Stupidfuckdan was rejected by NAMBLA for being too depraved.

#65 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-03-19 03:43 PM | Reply

#66 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-03-19 04:00 PM | Reply

The only thing Trump hated about the working 2014 Iran nuclear deal was Obama's signature

#67 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-03-19 04:04 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

@#56 ... And if there is no time set, how do you know if you are very much on track? ...

Agreed.

There's a song by Five for Fighting that I've posted here a couple of times. The song has a couple of excellent lyric lines ...

"... I don't know where I am going,
But I sure am getting there ..."

That reminds me of Pres Trump and his Iran War.

#68 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-19 04:17 PM | Reply