Iran‘s foreign minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, posted on X, claiming that the Pentagon’s reported $200 billion budget request for the ongoing conflict is just the “tip of the iceberg.” He warned Americans about a looming “trillion-dollar ‘Israel First tax'” that he says is coming for the U.S. economy.
According to The Economic Times, Araghchi directly stated in his post on X, “This $200b is the tip of the iceberg. Ordinary Americans can thank Benjamin Netanyahu and his lackeys in Congress for the trillion-dollar ‘Israel First tax’ that’s about to hit the U.S. economy.” He also shared a report suggesting that the nation is only three weeks into this “war of choice,” which he believes is being imposed on both Iranians and Americans.
