The US has spent nearly $2 billion on the war in Iran, according to estimates. We are actively shooting down $20,000 drones with $2 to $4 million missiles and are spending $12 million to DESTROY a $50,000 drone.

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Trump’s strikes on Iran could cost American economy as much as $210 billion

The United States’ attack on Iran and its days-long operation could cost the country roughly $210 billion, according to a financial expert.

The United States and Israel first struck Iran on Feb. 28, which also led to the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader, 86-year-old Ayatollah Khomeini. Iranian media also noted that the supreme leader’s daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter were also killed during the strikes.

Kent Smetters, director of Penn Wharton Budget Model, told Fortune that the cost of the current conflict can range from $40 billion, the smaller end of the estimate of the direct budgetary cost, to up to $95 billion. The top budget expert told the outlet that because PWBM assumes the higher end of the risk, $65 billion is likely to hit American taxpayers, the expert said.

Interest on the $38.8 trillion national debt has tripled since 2020, and it already costs taxpayers more than defense and Medicaid

The United States is now paying nearly $970 billion a year just to service the interest on its $38.8 trillion national debt—a figure that has nearly tripled since 2020 and already exceeds what the federal government spends on national defense or Medicaid, according to a February analysis by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB).

For many Americans, the number barely registers. But budget experts warn it represents one of the most consequential—and least discussed—fiscal emergencies in the country’s history.​

The rapid climb didn’t happen overnight. Interest costs have surged owing to a one-two punch: The federal debt load has ballooned by trillions, while interest rates climbed sharply from near-zero post-pandemic lows. As a share of the economy, interest costs have doubled from 1.6% of GDP in 2021 to a record 3.2% in 2025. Today, the government already spends more on debt interest than on Medicaid or the entire national defense budget, programs Americans viscerally feel and politically fight over. Yet the interest line item draws comparatively little outrage.