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Math for Republicans

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Carlos Greaves
May 17, 2026
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TBR EXCLUSIVE—The Borowitz Report has obtained the following official press release from The White House:

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently testified that the first two months of the war in Iran have cost the United States approximately $25 billion. As soon as Secretary Hegseth issued that estimate, so-called experts began to weigh in, claiming that the war has actually cost as much as three times that.

In typical fashion, low-IQ liberals are proving yet again that they cannot do basic math. Not only are their numbers wrong, they also fail to recognize that military spending is a bargain compared to wasting money on things like education and food assistance. If anything, the war in Iran is saving taxpayers money.

To demonstrate their total incompetence when it comes to arithmetic, here are a few more examples of how Democrats consistently get their numerical facts wrong and what our “alternative math” correctly shows:

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Carlos Greaves is a former electrical engineer turned comedy writer. He's contributed to The Onion, and written for The New Yorker, McSweeney's, and more. His debut book, Spoilers, is available now.
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