# Tucker Carlson says Iran conflict has bankrupted the United States

https://mins.news/en/item/130671

- TASS, 2026-11-05 12:58 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2213307

> Journalist Tucker Carlson said the war with Iran and US involvement in other Middle East conflicts forced the country to borrow trillions of dollars, with debt servicing devastating the federal budget and threatening the dollar. He linked Republicans’ midterm defeat to the war and its consequences.

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