So, President Donald J. Trump has taken us to war against Iran. By my count, this is the eighth war this term — but it’s by far the biggest. And the most expensive. About a billion dollars a day.
Now you might think that if a president is going to spend a billion dollars a day, it would be to lower costs for Americans. Maybe bring down the price of gas. Maybe make health care more affordable. Nope.
Instead, while costs are rising (especially at the gas pump) Trump decided what America really needed was another war.
Which brings me to the point of this email: If Democrats are going to hold Trump and his sycophantic war hawks accountable, we have to win elections. So please donate to Midwest Values PAC so we can continue investing in the candidates who will help Democrats flip the House and the Senate.
Because right now? Congress isn’t doing its job. And the war we’re now in with the horrible regime in Iran — yes, they are horrible — is a perfect example of why that matters.
The regime has effectively been decapitated. Maybe literally. Maybe figuratively. Either way, the Supreme Leader is gone. If that had been the end of it, that wouldn’t have changed much. They’d pick a new leader — which they apparently have (one of his sons, by the way) — and life would go on.
But instead… we’re at war. And the strange thing about this war is that no one seems to know exactly why we’re fighting it.
At first Trump said the goal was regime change. Then Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, “No, not regime change.” Then it was about destroying Iran’s nuclear program. But wait — didn’t we already obliterate it? Are they still enriching uranium? Are we sure?
And how long are we there? Trump says four weeks. Or maybe longer. Maybe we’ll put boots on the ground. Maybe we won’t.
If you’ve been following this war closely, like I have, you may have noticed something: It’s very confusing.
We don’t seem to have a clear reason for being there. And we definitely don’t have a coherent strategy. We don’t know what this means for the Iranian people who were protesting in the streets earlier this year and getting murdered for it. We don’t know how this ends.
But I can tell you one thing for sure: Donald Trump doesn’t know either.
Americans aren’t buying it. Only 23% support this war. And as casualties mount — which they will, as the President has pointed out — Republicans running for office will start begging Trump to end it.
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P.S. The cost to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies is almost exactly the same as the cost of two weeks of this stupid war. Just something to keep in mind.
