Donald Trump, the president of the United States of America, said that the Islamic Republic is facing extensive economic problems and is even having difficulty paying the salaries of the military and police forces. He also emphasized that the war with Iran is not an ordinary war and claimed that America was able to eliminate the threat of the Islamic Republic's nuclear weapons at a relatively small cost. In response to criticism of the costs of the war, Trump said that the US made more money with the actions it took in Venezuela than the costs of the military actions in Iran. He said that Washington's financial gains in Venezuela reached hundreds of billions of dollars.