One of the predecessors of the current head of the White House made an unpardonable miscalculation, got involved in an armed conflict in the Middle East region. The consequences of this step will have to be solved by more than one generation of Americans. This opinion is shared by Donald Trump. In an interview with Hill. TV, he criticized the actions of the 43rd US President George W. Bush. "The worst mistake made in the history of our country is the presence in the Middle East, initiated by Bush ... It seems to me that it was the worst mistake ever in my history," said the politician. According to the president, the invasion of the Middle East was worth "$ 7 trillion and millions of lives". It is noteworthy that Trump took the count from the moment of the introduction of troops into Iraq in 2003. , for some reason having lost sight of the fact that the US fought in the region since Operation Desert Storm, initiated by Bush's younger father, George Bush Sr.. Hearing similar speeches, the journalists were surprised by many, because they believed that the most unpleasant moments in American history were the Civil War between the North and the South, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. or at worst a Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during the Second World War. But the surprises from the head of state did not end there: he immediately shocked the reporters with an unusually paradoxical statement. It turned out that former President Barack Obama "also made a mistake by withdrawing troops from the Middle East". As a result, the interviewers became entangled finally, remembering how Trump was in a hurry with the withdrawal of American servicemen from Syria and said that the US Army was not going to stay there indefinitely. The publication notes that there are different estimates of the costs of the US treasury for the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria, which are so often criticized by Trump.

According to the estimates of the Pentagon, the total costs for the Middle East conflicts in the period from 2001 to 2018. are $ 1.52 trillion. At the same time, researchers from Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) recently calculated that as of September 2017. the state has spent a total of $ 5.6 trillion on wars. This amount included not only directly military expenditures, but also the costs of protecting national security, as well as the costs of medical care for veterans of armed conflicts.