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Secretary Pete Buttigieg: The American Dream Is DEAD. We're Running Out Of Time To Fix It!
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Is There Anything to Respect About Trump?
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Buttigieg draws a straight line from Trump's pattern of distorting reality — like the infamous Sharpie-modified hurricane map — to a far graver charge: that the administration deleted four names from the killed-in-action list in Iran. The only explanation he can find is that listing those deaths would have contradicted the president's public claim of a ceasefire. He notes that Secretary Rubio even told Congress the war was over, in a setting where lying is legally prohibited. The total bill so far — $37.5 billion in taxpayer money — sits alongside the human cost and higher prices for gas and food. Asked whether there is anything he respects about Trump, Buttigieg begrudgingly credits him with creating a genuine impression of a bias for action, a quality he says government could learn from. [1] — Pete Buttigieg "The Trump administration allegedly deleted four soldiers' names from the killed-in-action list in Iran to avoid contradicting the president…" 31:52
The latest figure cited for the cost of the Iran War to US taxpayers was $37.5 billion, on top of lives lost and higher energy prices.
