Inflation Tsunami: Trump Wants $88 Billion for Iran War

by | Jun 25, 2026

The “hidden” cost of ill-advised wars is borne by the American taxpayer, who funds the war not through direct taxation but indirectly through dollar degradation through inflation. Even a one trillion dollar military budget was not enough to fight a single war in the Middle East.

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  • Daniel McAdams

    Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity and co-Producer/co-Host, Ron Paul Liberty Report. Daniel served as the foreign affairs, civil liberties, and defense/intel policy advisor to U.S. Congressman Ron Paul, MD (R-Texas) from 2001 until Dr. Paul’s retirement at the end of 2012. From 1993-1999 he worked as a journalist based in Budapest, Hungary, and traveled through the former communist bloc as a human rights monitor and election observer.

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