Dem Rips Trump For Starting Iran War After 'Taking Away Your Food And Your Healthcare'

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Source: Huff Post

Mar 5, 2026, 01:25 PM EST | Updated 3 hours ago


Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) on Wednesday condemned President Donald Trump and his administration for plunging the U.S. into a costly "war of choice" in Iran — instead of using the billions in taxpayer dollars that pay for it on federal food programs and health care. "This war is costing a billion dollars a day," Schatz wrote Wednesday on X.

The Democratic lawmaker continued, "In one fucking month we will spend more over there than we needed to save healthcare for more than 2 million Americans. They literally are taking away your food and your healthcare for this regime change war of choice."

The regional war has already killed six U.S. service members and at least 1,000 people in Tehran, according to the Iranian Red Crescent Society. Airstrikes on a girls school Saturday killed at least 175 people, most of them children under 12.

As Schatz pointed out, Trump found billions in taxpayer dollars to put toward war in Iran, but hasn't tried to secure extra funds for Medicaid recipients or the 42 million Americans who rely on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The "big, beautiful bill" the president signed last year includes Medicaid and SNAP cuts that could affect millions of people. Trump previously decried America’s costly "forever wars" and said the trillions in taxpayer dollars should be spent on U.S. infrastructure instead.

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This war is costing a billion dollars a day. In one fucking month we will spend more over there than we needed to save healthcare for more than 2 million Americans. They literally are taking away your food and your healthcare for this regime change war of choice.
6:21 PM · Mar 4, 2026

[Baitball Blogger]

1. It was all part of his plan.

From the very beginning. If anything, the delay in constructing that bunker shows that the timeline was moving too fast. Which means he knows he’s going to lose power during the midterms.

[Bayard]

2. Thank you, Sen. Schatz,

For standing up for Americans.