“It takes money to kill bad guys.”
That’s how Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth justified reports that the Pentagon is requesting $200 billion in additional funding to pay for its offensive in Iran, where, as of this writing, more than $18 billion has already been spent to kill thousands, with no end in sight.
Here at Mother Jones, we started to wonder: If the Trump administration weren’t so hellbent...
The article’s construction strongly signals a critique of the Trump administration’s approach to foreign policy, specifically its prioritization of “death and destruction” over domestic needs. The sheer scale of the proposed funding – $200 billion – immediately establishes a sense of outrage and disbelief, framing the military offensive as a colossal misallocation of resources. The list of alternative expenditures – from public education to luxury jet acquisitions – isn’t simply a catalog of pos...