President Donald Trump’s second-term "Peace Through Strength" foreign policy is projected to generate nearly $326 billion in net taxpayer savings over four years, according to a 72-page analysis by GOP-associated Polaris National Security. The report compares that figure with an estimated $512 billion cost for a hypothetical second Biden-Harris term and says the Trump administration required about $186 billion in investments to reestablish deterrence through overseas military operations and robust border enforcement. The projected net savings equal roughly $2,500 per American household. Polaris attributes $258 billion to the joint U.S.-NATO Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List, $158 billion to U.S.-Mexico border initiatives, and nearly $47 billion to restructuring the U.S. Agency for International Development. It assigns another $49 billion to efforts involving an end to the war in Gaza, a U.S.-Houthi ceasefire and the elimination of Iran’s projected containment burden. The report says its calculations exclude several unquantified costs that Trump’s policy may have avoided, including prolonged counter-drug spending linked to former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Red Sea shipping disruptions and risks from a nuclear-armed Iran. The analysis comes as estimates of the U.S. war with Iran’s costs rise, with Brown’s Watson School placing the consumer energy impact above $100 billion and the Pentagon estimating the military cost at $37.5 billion in July. Oil prices also came under fresh pressure, with October Brent futures up 2.75% at $100.61 a barrel and WTI futures up 2.30% at $95.17.