Trump interested in calling on Arab states to help pay for Iran war, White House says

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-interested-calling-arab-states-help-pay-iran-war-white-house-says-2026-03-30/

39 Comments

  1. Gloomy-Inspector-834 on

    Iran has approved a bill imposing tolls on vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, according to multiple media reports citing the state-controlled Fars news agency.

    The proposal also includes a ban on U.S. and Israeli ships transiting the strait.

    Art of the deal, motherfucker!

  2. ObviouslyRealPerson on

    They really enjoy missing the point on whether the Iran war should even be happening

  3. Illustrious-Job-6390 on

    Ah so you’re trillions in debt because of years of forever wars and now you want everyone else to foot the bill.    Americans have always been arrogant assholes but they continue to outdo  themselves. 

  4. Alive_kiwi_7001 on

    Pay the US to get Iran to knock out your own desalination plants and oil fields. It makes perfect sense. I can’t see why anybody would think it’s a bad idea.

  5. theclansman22 on

    He’s gonna drop this after today and you’ll never hear about it again, aside from in six months MAGA people will be claiming that Arab states actually paid for the war.

  6. Desnowshaite on

    So basically Trump started a war **before** he sorted out the funding, the support, the end goals, the military allies, the economic effects and the diplomatic impacts.

    Extremely well planned by a real jenius.

  7. Bishopjones2112 on

    Helping I weee the Arab states I’d be demanding the states compensate for the infrastructure damage caused by the states starting a war with Iran

  8. iDownvoteToxicLeague on

    Hell naw, this bill is 100% on the united states taxpayer. You reap what you sow.

  9. redyellowblue5031 on

    Where have we heard of “someone else” paying for Trumps mess? That seems strangely familiar, just can’t put my finger on it.

  10. “Can you please help pay for the war we started in your region without your consent and completely fucked up?”

  11. I don’t get it.

    This war was planned and executed by Israel. The gulf states and no other allies were given advance notice of this war.

    When missiles start flying, it’s Israel that receives the interceptors while the gulf states are left defenceless.

    Now when it’s time to pay, it’s the gulf states that are pushed to pay and not Israel.

    Help me make sense of this.

  12. RepulsivePurchase6 on

    I mean Trump had his billionaire buddies at his inauguration, how about asking them? Bezos, Zuckerberg…go ahead, they have money to spare..ah yes and Elon.

  13. Let me get this straight: he waltzes in and bombs the beejeezus out of Iran without warning, only collusion with Russia, Israel, and Saudi Arabia; calls on NATO allies to join in; raids the public funds for healthcare and airport security to do so (and allegedly build a ballroom!); meanwhile, in response Iran turns its weapons on its neighbours; then Trump invites them to fund more bombing in the region.

    Am I missing anything?