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Trump calls Iran conflict "small potatoes"
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President Trump called the Iran conflict "small potatoes" as war escalated between the two countries over the last two weeks. Taurean Small and Tom Hanson report.
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Friday labeled the Iran war “small potatoes,” the latest attempt to minimize a six-month conflict that caused a spike in gas prices and led to the deaths of 18 American service-members. “A lot of people don’t call it a war. I call it a military
President Donald Trump called the war in Iran “small potatoes,” the latest comment from a top US leader downplaying the scope of a conflict that has lasted more than six months.
President Donald Trump describes the conflict in Iran as "small potatoes" and says he agrees with Vice President JD Vance's assertion that months of on-and-off attacks in the Middle East are no longer a “war.” In an exchange with reporters Friday, Trump said U.S.
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.
President Donald Trump said Friday that the Iran war was "small potatoes" for the United States, in his administration's latest bid to play down the conflict ahead of crucial midterm elections.
President Trump said during an Oval Office event that he would not call the ongoing military conflict in Iran a "war," instead labeling it "small potatoes." This comes one day after Vice President JD Vance also refused to call it a "war."
David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump's remarks calling the conflict with Iran "small potatoes," the president's influence over the midterm elections, how Democrats are campaigning and Sen.
President Trump called the conflict with Iran ‘small potatoes,’ adding the U.S. was now protecting oil tankers from Iranian attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez reports.
Wars rarely win elections. George H.W. Bush ended the Cold War, won the most decisive American military victory in modern history, and lost in 1992 anyway. But wars rarely lose elections either - it takes a genuine catastrophe, of the kind Korea handed Truman and Vietnam handed Johnson, to make vote…
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Sunday broke with President Trump regarding the commander in chief's recent statement about the Iran war where he downplayed the conflict. “Any time you are at war or in a military escalation, it is certainly not small potatoes. It is serious.
On Sunday’s broadcast of CNN’s “State of the Union,” Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) said the military conflict in Iran is not small potatoes. Host Dana Bash said, “I do want to quickly talk about the Iran war. President Trump referred
President Trump called the Iran conflict "small potatoes" as war escalated between the two countries over the last two weeks. Taurean Small and Tom Hanson report.
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