Trump Says Nations Should Pay US For Iran War—How Much Would They Owe?
Summary
President Donald Trump said U.S. allies in the Middle East should repay the United States for costs from the Iran war, but the article says no country-by-country bill has been worked out. The conflict had cost the U.S. an estimated $47 billion by the time of the report, including major expenses for air-defense missiles and other weapons.Key Facts
- Trump said countries the U.S. protected during the war should pay back all related U.S. costs.
- The article says Iran had attacked at least 11 countries since U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran began on February 28.
- A Pentagon estimate put the war's total cost at $47 billion shortly before the midterm vote.
- The Congressional Budget Office estimated costs of about $38 billion from February through the start of August.
- The CBO said the U.S. spent more than $13 billion on air-defense interceptor missiles during that period.
- The U.S. had used more than 1,700 Patriot interceptors and over 200 THAAD missiles in the Middle East by mid-July, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing unnamed U.S. officials.
- The article says it is unclear how to assign defense costs to individual countries, including because interceptors may be used in different numbers and some costs are difficult to attribute.
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