Trump calls Iran war 'small potatoes' and warns he may soon strike Fordow

President Donald Trump has described the conflict with Iran as “small potatoes” while warning that the United States could soon strike Fordow, a heavily protected nuclear facility buried deep beneath Iran's Zagros Mountains.

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Many people don't call it a war. Because it's small potatoes, I call it a military dispute.

At a White House event in Washington on the signing of an executive order related to beef processing and cattle farms, Trump said, “Many people don't call it a war.” He added, “Because it's small potatoes, I call it a military dispute.” He also said the conflict was “not a big deal,” comparing it with a U.S. operation in Venezuela.

Trump repeated his claim that the U.S. military has complete control of the Strait of Hormuz. He emphasized that the conflict with Iran had lasted less time and caused fewer casualties than other wars. He said the conflict would prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and warned, “If something happens at Fordow, we could hit Fordow very soon.”

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Fordow is being built underground near Iran's Natanz nuclear facility. It became a major nuclear target after the destruction of Natanz's above-ground facility in an explosion in 2020. The International Atomic Energy Agency has been denied inspection access to Iran's major nuclear sites since U.S. and Israeli strikes in June last year, leaving the facility's exact purpose unclear.

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If something happens at Fordow, we could hit Fordow very soon.

The site is estimated to lie more than 100 meters underground beneath hard granite. Analysts cited in the report say even the GBU-57, the most effective bunker-buster bomb in the U.S. arsenal and capable of penetrating up to 60 meters, would struggle to destroy it. Trump also said in July that Iran may have moved nuclear centrifuges there and that the United States might soon strike the area very forcefully.

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We might very soon hit that area very forcefully.