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Last Updated: Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 03:05 PM
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It is unclear how much more the U.S. will spend on the Iran war, though the costs will continue to mount as long as U.S. troops are deployed to the region. Leila Register / NBC News; Getty Images
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The U.S. has spent billions on the Iran war. What else could that money have bought?

The estimated $28 billion the U.S. poured into the Iran war before the ceasefire could have funded a year of day care for 2 million children or rent for 1.2 million people, an NBC News analysis found.

President Donald Trump recently told a group of supporters at the White House that the U.S. couldn’t help Americans pay for day care or health insurance because it had to prioritize spending on the military.

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