Ben Meiselas

Wolfers estimates the war has wiped out roughly $3 trillion off S&P 500 valuations.

Oil prices could be elevated through 2028.

You know, when you looked at the United States markets compared to foreign markets, the US markets not first, it's lagged significantly behind other countries.

And even though there was growth,

in S&P and in other indexes or indices, the US markets that Donald Trump likes to brag about could be significantly higher right now if Donald Trump didn't engage not just in the catastrophic war in Iran, but also all of his tariffs against the world.

Goldman Sachs projects the US GDP growth will be 0.5 percentage points lower, around $400 billion in lost income over two years,

as a result of the catastrophic war.

The administration's 2027 defense budget request is $1.5 trillion, a 40% increase, or roughly...

$4,000 per American household.

$4,000 per American household for Pete Hegseth, in my opinion, just completely misusing it.

These people are the height of waste, fraud, and abuse.

They talk about golden domes, and if you wanna get into what the Senate actually believes about the golden dome in the United States, it's based on a lot of junk science

Given the size and scope of the United States, this golden Western hemispheric dome, it's just, in my opinion, Donald Trump, like with the casino, let's build three casinos and we'll paint it all gold or we'll paint it blue and it'll look beautiful and every, but no, you're not actually following the damn science.

You're not following the damn facts.

Defense spending in addition, $4,000 per American household.

Look, if you're in this community, you're paying attention.

You know what's happening.

And a lot of what's happening, it's directly affecting your Medicare.

Plans are being discontinued.

Premiums are going up.