{"id":1524,"date":"2026-07-22T08:09:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1524"},"modified":"2026-07-22T08:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:09:13","slug":"iran-war-has-cost-the-u-s-nearly-38-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1524","title":{"rendered":"Iran War Has Cost the U.S. Nearly $38 Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Pentagon expects the war with Iran to cost $37.5 billion through the end of September, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told senators Tuesday \u2014 $8.5 billion over what the Trump administration <span><u>estimated in May<\/u><\/span> \u2014 as renewed fighting threatens to drive the price still higher.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1518\">Wisconsin Democrats Ask Elections Commission to Allow Voters to Recast Absentee Ballots<\/a><\/p><p>The disclosure came during a combative Senate Appropriations Committee hearing that exposed the political challenge facing the administration as it seeks nearly $88 billion in emergency funding. Democrats demanded an endgame and an accounting of the portion of the request that has little link to Iran, while Republicans argued Congress must pay the military\u2019s bills and rebuild depleted munitions stock.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth said the $37.5 billion figure includes what the Pentagon has already racked up in war costs, as well as anticipated military personnel, operations and maintenance expenses through Sept. 30. Experts last month estimated the war\u2019s cost to be <span><u>roughly $40 billion<\/u><\/span>, before the ceasefire collapsed and daily strikes resumed.<\/p><p>Democrats also questioned why the Pentagon needed another $67 billion from Congress when it still has $75 billion in unobligated money from last year\u2019s Republican package. Hegseth said those funds were already intended for longer-term priorities such as the Golden Dome, shipbuilding, hypersonic weapons and expanded munitions production \u2014 and that \u201c95%\u201d of the $154 billion Congress granted the Pentagon last year would be allocated by September.<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Voters depart a polling place in Kennesaw, GA.\" class=\"wp-image-1446\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e1814b8fd9875795879aa6ab01c7789e-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e1814b8fd9875795879aa6ab01c7789e-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e1814b8fd9875795879aa6ab01c7789e-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e1814b8fd9875795879aa6ab01c7789e.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Democrats Ditch Their Old Pick in a Competitive Arizona Seat\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sen. John Fetterman\" class=\"wp-image-1437\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5a9f6c7d86c9c6b270b520b2be8e629f-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5a9f6c7d86c9c6b270b520b2be8e629f-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5a9f6c7d86c9c6b270b520b2be8e629f-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5a9f6c7d86c9c6b270b520b2be8e629f.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Fetterman\u2019s Ultimatum Is Giving Some Democrats Anxiety He\u2019ll Switch Parties\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alexander the Great, President Donald Trump\" class=\"wp-image-1522\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a039a8f57b5736dda7e4fe1f519499fa-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a039a8f57b5736dda7e4fe1f519499fa-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a039a8f57b5736dda7e4fe1f519499fa-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a039a8f57b5736dda7e4fe1f519499fa.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n<u>Trump as Alexander the Great:<\/u> A Theory That Explains Iran (And Everything Else)\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rep. Cori Bush testifies about making her decision to have an abortion.\" class=\"wp-image-1523\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e4bcaa342ad0ae6ab2650b22fcf9b44d-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e4bcaa342ad0ae6ab2650b22fcf9b44d-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e4bcaa342ad0ae6ab2650b22fcf9b44d-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e4bcaa342ad0ae6ab2650b22fcf9b44d.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Congress Is Losing Another Lawmaker Who Shared Their Abortion Story\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s news to me,\u201d said Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense.<\/p><p>The hearing marked the most extensive public remarks from Hegseth and Dan Caine, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, following the ceasefire\u2019s collapse. The U.S. military announced the <span><u>deaths<\/u><\/span> of three service members last weekend, bringing the U.S. death toll to 17 since the conflict began.<\/p><p>The Trump administration submitted an <span><u>$87.6 billion supplemental spending request<\/u><\/span> that includes $32.7 billion in Iran war costs, another $39.2 billion in nonwar national security activities and $15.6 billion in unrelated activities, including relief for farm aid and other domestic programs. <\/p><p>The administration\u2019s effort to combine the war money with politically popular domestic relief could complicate Democrats\u2019 approach to spending negotiations. During the hearing, lawmakers from both parties highlighted financial strains on farmers and ongoing disaster-recovery needs in states including North Carolina and California.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans, led by Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine), largely rallied behind the request. Collins argued that despite senators\u2019 disagreements over the decision to go to war with Iran, Congress still has a responsibility to restore military readiness.<\/p><p>\u201cOur men and women in uniform do not decide our nation\u2019s military strategy,\u201d she said. \u201cCongress has a responsibility to ensure that they have the tools, the training, and the support that they need to accomplish their missions.\u201d<\/p><p>Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, the committee\u2019s top Democrat, said much of the administration\u2019s $88 billion request had little to do with the war \u2014 citing its inclusion of money for National Guard deployments in Washington, D.C., Army operations at the southern border, strikes against boats in the Caribbean and the munitions already requested through the administration\u2019s 2027 budget.<\/p><p>\u201cMy point is that a lot of this request does not feel like an emergency,\u201d Murray said.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1512\">Mamdani Says He Can\u2019t Arrest Netanyahu if He Comes to New York<\/a><\/p><p>Multiple Democrats challenged Hegseth to square the Trump administration\u2019s assertions that Iran\u2019s military had been severely degraded given its subsequent control of the Strait of Hormuz and continued strikes on U.S. and allied targets.<\/p><p>In one of the hearing\u2019s most heated exchanges, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) took aim at Trump\u2019s claims last year that Iran\u2019s nuclear and missile capabilities had been destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas it \u2018obliterated\u2019 or wasn\u2019t it?\u201d Gillibrand asked. \u201cWhy are there missiles left to hit Jordan and result in the loss of life of our brave men and women?\u201d<\/p><p>Hegseth pushed back. \u201cThe nuclear sites under Midnight Hammer were obliterated, but Iranians foolishly continued to attempt to pursue nuclear capabilities,\u201d he said.<\/p><p>\u201cAs we stated from the beginning, the Iranian defense industrial base is effectively gone, but they do have underground facilities because they\u2019re the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terrorism, and they\u2019ve spent 47 years trying to hide their missiles under mountains.\u201d<\/p><p>After Trump vowed the U.S. will soon bomb Iran\u2019s underground Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site, Sen. John Kennedy (R-Louisiana) pressed for \u201cstraight answers\u201d on whether the U.S. could destroy the country\u2019s deeply buried nuclear facilities.<\/p><p>But Hegseth didn\u2019t go into detail. \u201cA lot of our capabilities are classified,\u201d he said. \u201cBut if anybody in the world can reach anything on God\u2019s green earth, it\u2019s the United States military.\u201d<\/p><p>Other Democrats questioned the prewar planning. Sen. Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island) argued that Hegseth had failed to prepare Trump for the risk that Iran would disrupt traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, drive up oil prices and continue striking U.S. forces.<\/p><p>\u201cOf course, the Strait of Hormuz was front and center in every single aspect of that,\u201d Hegseth said, adding that Iran\u2019s ability to threaten commercial shipping had been part of the military planning.<\/p><p>Reed also asked Caine whether airstrikes alone could deter and defeat Iran, and he wanted to know whether the administration was considering a ground war. Caine declined to discuss possible troop deployments.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1510\">Trump Administration Pauses $1 Billion in Medicaid Payments to California and Minnesota<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a funding request, Hegseth revealed the Pentagon has blown past its recent cost estimate for the conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-foreign-policy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran War Has Cost the U.S. Nearly $38 Billion - Modern Home Journals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1524\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran War Has Cost the U.S. Nearly $38 Billion - 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