President Trump's new strategy on the Iran war: Pretending there isn't one
During a recent cable news appearance, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick claimed no American lives had been lost in the Iran war, an error he blamed on confusion with President Donald Trump’s earlier invasion of Venezuela. And perhaps it is difficult to keep one’s wars straight in an administration that has attacked seven countries in less than two years. But while Lutnick’s claim was horribly…
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick recently made a mistake on live television, stating that no American lives had been lost in the "Iran war." It appears that this oversight may have stemmed from confusion with President Trump's previous invasion of Venezuela. Despite this blunder, Lutnick's statement was a fair representation of the administration's approach to the costly war it initiated more than six months ago, without congressional approval or public backing.
Just a day after the secretary's error, Vice President JD Vance went further by denying the existence of the conflict altogether, stating, "I wouldn't call it a war." This denial came just days after an American bomb killed five civilians attending a wedding in southern Iran. The administration continued to downplay the severity of the situation, with President Trump himself describing the conflict as "small potatoes" and claiming there was "no fighting," even as the war persisted, driving up energy prices and potentially drawing in other countries.
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