Stephen Colbert on US war in Iran: We're still no closer to learning what the goal is'

"We're on day 10 of the Iran war, said Stephen Colbert on Monday evening, and we're still no closer to learning what the goal is. Is it regime change? Is it ending a nuclear program? Is it changing the name to Donald Trump's Iran-a-Lago? But we are learning more about the cost, he noted, as the first week of the war alone is estimated to have cost about $6bn."

"Seth Meyers examined the economic fallout of Trump's reckless and illegal war in Iran, which sent oil prices soaring. Which is bad news for Trump, given that the central thesis of Trump's campaign was bring down energy prices and prices for everything else will fall. And through the first year of his presidency, even as prices for almost everything else rose, there was one price he kept bragging/lying about."

"Trump explained on Air Force One: We don't want to come back every five years or 10 years and do this ... we want to pick a president that's not going to be leading their country into a war. When can we pick one of those? Colbert quipped."

Late-night comedians examined Trump's military actions in Iran, highlighting confusion over stated objectives including regime change, nuclear program disruption, or other goals. The first week alone cost approximately $6 billion, contradicting Trump's campaign promise to reduce energy prices, as oil prices surged. Trump demanded Iran's unconditional surrender while simultaneously claiming the war was essentially complete. Hosts noted the inconsistency between Trump's stated desire to avoid future conflicts and his current military engagement. The economic impact directly undermined Trump's central campaign message about lowering energy costs for Americans.

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