Trump's war on Iran is draining the US Navy's budget, documents and interviews reveal
'They shot all their weapons; they trashed their ships; they ran out of money'
The US Navy is facing a severe financial crisis due to the ongoing war with Iran, according to documents and interviews with officials and analysts. The service has been forced to raid payroll accounts to fund combat operations, leading to deferred maintenance and warnings of 'shortfalls in payroll.' With emergency funding stalled in Congress, the Navy's budget for 2026 is stretched thin, and experts say the accounts are running dry.
They're fucked. They shot all their weapons; they trashed all their ships; they ran out of their money.
- comrade1234
US government is stealing money payed by Switzerland for F-35s. Basically Switzerland bought 5 patriot batteries but the USA couldn't deliver so they cancelled payments. Then the USA took payment for the F-35s and applied that as patriot battery payments then came back and said "sorry our f-35 deal has to be renegotiated and you have to pay 2x the original deal". Switzerland lost about 1.3 billion francs - 1.5B$ - so far.
And yet Switzerland is still going through with the deal but just buying half as many planes.
- mrobot
Sounds like my recent trip to Oklahoma