Damning Pentagon report reveals brutal taxpayer-footed bill for Trump's Iran war

The Pentagon 's war with Iran has cost $33.4 billion and counting, while hundreds of destroyed buildings and dozens of aircraft have yet to be accounted for, according to a stunning new internal report warning of 'strategic inventory shortfalls.' The Pentagon's Office of Inspector General (OIG) released an internal Department of War analysis of Operation Epic Fury, the first phase of the Iran war from February 28 through June 29. It lays bare the true extent of the US munition shortage that has been reported but that both the president and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth have denied. 'The munitions expenditure on (Operation Epic Fury) has resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls and revealed industrial base bottlenecks for munitions resupply,' the OIG report states. Trump even went on to brag about how large the US arsenal is in a Monday social media post: 'The United States is producing more Exquisite and Elite Weapons than at any time in our History,' the president said. 'They are being delivered on a daily basis to our Forces in the Middle East, and beyond.' Weeks before he posted that the US has 'unlimited' supplies of munitions, while Hegseth has repeatedly batted down questions about military stockpiles. The Pentagon publicly said in July that the war had cost $37.5 billion, but the new report delves into the exact figures. A newly published internal Pentagon report on the first phase of the Iran war found the conflict costs over $34 billion. The estimate does not include damage to US bases, aircraft or replenishing spent munitions The report warned of 'strategic inventory shortfalls' despite Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Trump denying reports of low supplies A Army Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) launching station preparing to load onto a 4th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III at Fort Bliss. The system is one of the most important anti-air defenses protecting US and allied forces in the Middle East Read More EXCLUSIVE Trump ruthlessly sidelines Pete Hegseth as insiders mock his humiliating inadequacy At minimum, 'hundreds' of military and intelligence structures across US bases have been damaged in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Jordan. The US military has also lost at least 25 US aircraft which were 'destroyed or damaged during OEF,' including fighter jets, refueling tankers, helicopters and at least 30 drones. The analysis does not account for the costs incurred in the two months and two weeks since June 29, which can be assumed to be in the billions given the many operations and missiles launched in the interim. Analysts and experts have warned that the prolonged conflict has depleted US reserves of critical missile supplies like Patriot and THAAD anti-air missile systems. Deployed across US bases in the Middle East, the systems have proved a lifeline in shooting down incoming Iranian fire. The bespoke US-produced systems are expensive to make and difficult to manufacture, making their loss on the battlefield or a shortage of munitions a life-and-death ordeal. 'Our Defense Company Factories are moving 24/7, while at the same time building, on average, 4 to 5 large scale brand new Plants, each,' Trump said in his Monday post. 'A primary focus of this production has been Patriots, THAAD Systems, Tomahawks, and other Standard Missile Systems, of which we already have large numbers in stock.' The Iran war is now six-and-a-half months long, with September 15 marking 199 days into the conflict. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to the Daily Mail's request for comment.