📌 Key Highlights & Quick Takeaways:
- According to the data of the US Department of War, more than 47 billion dollars have been spent on the war against Iran.
- According to the Reuters news agency, these costs are more than 25 percent higher than the Pentagon's estimate in July.
- The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the latest estimate of the war's costs, which had not yet been released.
The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the latest estimate of the war's costs, which had not yet been released publicly.
The revelations of the rising costs of the war come as the Republican Party grapples with the political fallout from the unpopular war ahead of the November 3 election.
These elections will decide the majority in the US Congress for the next two years. The impact of the war on global energy prices has affected support for Republican candidates, while President Donald Trump's popularity has also declined. At that time, the Republican Party had a small majority in both houses of Congress.
