UN humanitarian affairs chief Tom Fletcher says the US is spending $2 billion per week on the Iran war — a sum that could fully fund his agency's plan to save 87 million lives in twelve days. Fletcher, speaking in London, also criticized the normalization of violent rhetoric like Trump's threat to 'bomb Iran back to the stone ages,' warning it emboldens autocrats worldwide to use similar language and destroy civilian infrastructure. The UN's humanitarian budget faces a 50% cut amid broader international aid reductions, even as the Iran conflict drives global food and fuel inflation toward 20%, pushing millions into poverty across sub-Saharan and East Africa.