Trump shrugs off Iran conflict, calls it 'small potatoes'
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said the conflict in Iran is “small potatoes” as he defended Vice President JD Vance for asserting that months of on-and-off attacks in the Middle East are not a “war.” Asked during an Oval Office exchange about Vance’s comments made a day earlier, Trump said U.S. strikes on Iran are now “intermittent” and “a lot of people don’t call it a war."…
President Donald Trump dismissed the ongoing conflict in Iran as "small potatoes" during an Oval Office exchange on Friday. When questioned about Vice President JD Vance's assertion that the attacks in the Middle East are not a "war," Trump acknowledged that U.S. strikes on Iran are "intermittent" and conceded that "a lot of people don't call it a war."
The conflict has resulted in over $37.5 billion in costs to U.S. taxpayers and the loss of 18 service members. Trump stated that he calls the situation a "military conflict" but emphasized that it is "not a big thing" for the United States. Vance, during a White House press briefing earlier in the week, refused to use the term "war" to describe the ongoing 6-month conflict with Iran and avoided predicting its end by the upcoming midterm elections, in which Republicans are striving to maintain their slim majority in Congress.
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