Donald Trump returned to office promising that America would avoid any more “forever wars.”  However, the United States is currently waging a full-scale war against Iran, and the American taxpayer is funding the bill. Soaring oil prices and rising inflation are just a few costly consequences of this war as Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz, which is vital to the global oil trade. On March 12, crude oil prices briefly climbed above $100 per barrel as attacks on Gulf shipping deepened the worst oil supply disruption on record, according to the IEA. Trump campaigned as an enemy of forever wars, and yet he is governing like their latest author.