Pete Hegseth spent years on Fox News attacking wasteful Pentagon budgets and endless Middle East wars—now he’s asking Congress for $1.5 trillion to fund a conflict his own administration claims isn’t happening. The Iran war has already cost $29 billion, yet officials insist there’s no war at all. The swamp creature he promised to drain? Turns out it was him all along.

Source: https://theintercept.com/2026/05/12/hegseth-pentagn-budget-defense-iran-war-cost/