The war against Iran has cost $38 billion and used up to two-thirds of US interceptors, Congress budget office says

Germany

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Rejection of presidential speech · 4 of 9 countries

Berlin highlights the contradiction between Donald Trump's comments on "virtually unlimited" ammunition stocks and the admission, for the first time, of a shortage by an independent Pentagon inspection.

Denmark

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Figures translated into national stakes · 2 of 9 countries

Copenhagen first translates the American bill into crowns: 38 billion dollars is worth 246 billion kroner, a figure that Berlingske and DR Nyheder put at the top rather than the military consequences of stock depletion.

United States

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Political battle in Washington · 3 of 9 countries

The United States measures the war in dollars and Congressional votes: the CBO report fuels a political battle seven weeks from the midterms, between Democratic accusations and a Republican resolution to impeach Hegseth.

France

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Rejection of presidential speech · 4 of 9 countries

Paris is interpreting an embarrassing setback for Washington: the Pentagon is finally acknowledging the ammunition shortage that Donald Trump had denied for months, while Congress is estimating the war against Iran at 38 billion dollars.

Mexico

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Figures translated into national stakes · 2 of 9 countries

Mexico City details the American bill before measuring its impact on inflation and energy prices that also affect its economy.

Peru

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Rejection of presidential speech · 4 of 9 countries

Lima questions the United States' ability to support a second high-intensity front, as ammunition stocks dwindle after the war against Iran.

United Kingdom

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Rejection of presidential speech · 4 of 9 countries

London is dissecting the contradiction between the report from the Pentagon's inspector general, which confirms ammunition shortages, and Donald Trump's repeated denials, against the backdrop of an impeachment vote targeting Pete Hegseth.

Russia

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Political battle in Washington · 3 of 9 countries

Moscow is drawing up the bill for a war that has already been described as a "war of aggression" by some American lawmakers themselves, between an abyssal budgetary cost and a political fracture in Washington.

Venezuela

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Political battle in Washington · 3 of 9 countries

Caracas is particularly holding onto the name now associated with this bill: that of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is the target of a parliamentary procedure linking the war in Iran to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro.