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Can the US Afford Trump’s Iran War?

Desmond Lachman

With the outlook for US employment and inflation already becoming increasingly grim, President Donald Trump's war of choice against Iran is bound to weaken public finances and the broader economy further, creating yet another reason for international investors to think twice about buying US debt. What ever happened to America First?

WASHINGTON, DC – Until recently, one of the MAGA movement’s most deeply held convictions was that American blood and treasure should not be expended abroad when Americans – and the American Dream – are suffering at home. Yet now the movement’s leader, President Donald Trump, has rushed headlong into a costly war against Iran.

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