VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-10-26
“Trump’s war abroad costs taxpayers a billion dollars a day on a war we have no business fighting. Our schools crumble, our factories shutter, our gas prices skyrocket. But when they want war, billion-dollar blank checks,”
Abdul El-Sayed · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-26
El-Sayed says in a campaign spot that Trump's war with Iran costs taxpayers a billion dollars a day.
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