8 months into the war with Iran, Trump remains ignorant about U.S. fatalities and costs
MaddowBlog argues that on the eve of the 2026 midterms, Donald Trump misstated key facts about the war with Iran: he told Sean Hannity there had been no shooting for months, called $30 billion in costs "peanuts," and put U.S. fatalities at 18, though the administration's own tally is higher and every cost estimate far exceeds $30 billion. MaddowBlog writes that Trump showed an unsettling amount of ignorance about a conflict he apparently has no idea how to end.
