By Veronika Kyrylenko
The New American
March 21, 2026
Three weeks into the unconstitutional war with Iran, and the numbers are already spiraling. Far from the "decisive success" repeatedly touted, President Donald Trump's Defense Department is now preparing to ask Congress for more than $200 billion in additional funding. That comes on top of the already record-setting, trillion-dollar military budget - and the extra $156.2 billion in supplemental funding embedded in last year's One Big Beautiful Bill Act.