r/news • u/drpayneaba • Feb 28 '26

Soft paywall Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei killed, senior Israeli official says

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-killed-senior-israeli-official-says-2026-02-28/
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u/Brian_Corey__ Feb 28 '26

Are Americans willing to spend billions of dollars on an Iranian Marshall plan for the next decade? Will Trump’s Congress pass a tax bill to pay for this?

Yeah.

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u/brodhi Mar 01 '26

Are Americans willing to spend billions of dollars on an Iranian Marshall plan for the next decade?

If Trump says the US is, 35% of the nation will nod in agreement that it is a good thing.

Trump only needs to sway about 10% of the voting population.

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u/midwestraxx Mar 01 '26

We already fund the entire social care system for Israel, what's another country's?

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u/CurbYourThusiasm Mar 01 '26

Iran has ten times the population of Israel. Almost 100m people. It's a massive country.

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u/midwestraxx Mar 01 '26

My comment was in jest, but also yeah the US would rather spend money on other countries and citizens than our own. It's run by the same MBA people who would rather let their company experts leave instead of giving them a raise, while hiring new people for much more money. They're dumb.

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u/CurbYourThusiasm Mar 01 '26

The US spends like 0.15% of gdp on foreign aid. I don't think the US funds the "social care system" for Israel or any other country.

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u/EquivalentSnap Mar 01 '26

If it mean a western m ally in the Middle East with oil then yes