Trump’s military spending plans are stuck in the 20th century

President Donald Trump promised to run the government like a business. Unfortunately, his model seems to be the one that burns money. Most CEOs who waste billions of dollars on failed projects get a summons from the board of directors — and often, the boot. But we live in the era of Elon Musk’s rocket ships and OpenAI’s chatbots, where business leaders can burn staggering amounts of money chasing their own obsessions and simply ask investors for more. Trump’s response to an expensive military failure is the same as Silicon Valley’s response to many unprofitable startups: spend even more money. After five months, the official Pentagon estimate is that the Iran war has cost $38 billion so far. The actual bill likely will be even higher. And that’s just the direct costs. The war has sent oil