Trump’s push for an extra $200 billion Iran war budget on top of record defense spending is forcing crypto markets to reprice geopolitical risk, debt, and the dollar in real time.
Summary
- Coin Bureau says Trump is looking to Arab states to help fund an Iran war as the Pentagon lines up an extra $200B on top of a roughly $900B defense budget.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirms the Pentagon will seek around $200B in supplemental Iran war funding, warning “it takes money to kill bad guys,” as total U.S. military outlays approach the $1T mark.
- Escalating war costs and uncertainty over U.S. debt, inflation and the dollar’s path could fuel safe-haven trades in assets…
