US says Trump 'interested' in asking Arab countries to pay for war on Iran

[groundloop]

Source: Aljazeera

The White House has suggested that US President Donald Trump will ask Arab countries to cover the cost of the United States’ war against Iran, estimated to be in the tens of billions of dollars.

Trump’s spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, was asked on Monday whether Arab states should pay for the war, as when US allies helped fund Washington’s intervention during the Gulf War in 1990.

“I think it’s something the president would be quite interested in calling them to do,” Leavitt told reporters.

“I won’t get ahead of him on that, but certainly it’s an idea that I know that he has, and something that I think you’ll hear more from him on.”

Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/30/us-says-trump-interested-in-asking-arab-countries-to-pay-for-war-on-iran

[Martin68]

1. A reasonable request considering the fact that their influence helped persuade Trump to commit the folly of al-out

attack on Iran. But why should they? Trump fell for it and now he owns it.

[AloeVera]

3. Really? It's all the Arabs' fault?

Israel had nothing to do with it?

I hope they tell Trump to go fuck himself. Let Israel and the U.S. pay for it.

[KPN]

7. WTF? How about we wait

till we have Trump and the MAGAverse gone and behind us before we start labeling a notion like that "a reasonable request"?

The fat-ass deserves all the blame until he's unalived. After that we can split hairs to penalize the other players.

[jls4561]

2. But they already bought a Jared!

Apparently they never heard about the Fat Donnie campaign website that made the donor think it was a one time contribution,
but kept automatically deducting money monthly.

[GP6971]

4. Make checks payable to TSF.

[Ponietz]

5. Saudi now has the 5th largest military budget in the world

Go figure.

[Prairie Gates]

6. ROFL

Good luck with that.

[flashman13]

8. I almost hurt myself from laughing when I read the headline.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

9. So, let's get this straight: you bombed our neighbor and then they started bombing us...

...but you want US to pay for your bombing of them?

How about YOU pay US for the damage they did to us as a result of YOUR bombing?

So many things would be different if there had been any attempt at building a coalition before letting the bombs fly....

Now we have to live with the consequences of our actions--regardless of who we voted for.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. Does he want them to pay him or the Federal government?