Here’s how much the war with Iran is expected to cost every day | CNN Politics

Days into the war with Iran and with no clear end in sight, questions have emerged about just how much Operation Epic Fury will cost US taxpayers. The Pentagon hasn’t shared an estimate, and it has yet to ask Congress for a supplemental spending bill for the operation. “This is highly unpredictable and so we won’t know the cost of it until it’s over.” said Lindsay Koshgarian, program director of the National Priorities Project at the Institute of Policy Studies, who said the conflict is “not necessary” and is taking away from other policies that could “make life more affordable for Americans.” “The cost of the war in Iraq ended up being almost $3 trillion,” Koshgarian said. “So this could, this could be astronomical, easily.” CNN has talked to think tanks and experts on government spending. Here’s a breakdown of what they told us: The war is costing about $891.4 million per day, according to a think tank based in Washington, DC, that analyzed the information the Pentagon has shared about targets it struck and the assets involved in the operation. The Center for Strategic and International Studies predicts that the cost will decrease as the US shifts to â