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Trump calls Iran conflict “a minor thing” and hints at attack on underground nuclear site

From Chosun Ilbo · () Korean

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  • Donald Trump described the six-month military confrontation with Iran as a military conflict rather than a war.
  • He also indicated that the United States might carry out another attack on Iran's suspected underground Pickaxe nuclear facility.

Donald Trump has described the six-month military confrontation with Iran as “a minor thing” and suggested that the United States could strike an underground Iranian nuclear site again.

Trump made the remarks at the White House on Sept. 4 after signing an executive order. He said he did not call the confrontation a war, instead describing it as a military conflict.

A minor thing.

· Donald TrumpHe used the phrase to describe the military confrontation with Iran.

He also referred to the suspected underground nuclear facility known as Pickaxe and indicated that another attack remained possible. The comments came as the confrontation with Iran continued into its sixth month.

I don't call it a war.

· Donald TrumpHe characterized the confrontation with Iran as a military conflict rather than a war.
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