Yet Trump’s Presidency has boosted America’s defence budget to $780 bill (ODT)

Back in December 2017, US President Donald Trump complained that Washington “foolishly spent” $7 trillion in the Middle East, arguing that all that money could have been spent to rebuild the US instead. According to the USAID, Washington spent some $164.3 billion worth of aid on both Afghanistan and another country the US invaded – Iraq. This figure fades in comparison to what the US has spent on its military adventures in the Middle East.

via US wasted $15.5bn of taxpayer money in Afghanistan – govt watchdog — RT US News