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WATCH: Trump calls Iran war 'small potatoes' and 'very intermittent'

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  • Donald Trump described the conflict with Iran as a military conflict and said he considered it minor for the United States.
  • He said the United States had carried out intermittent strikes, was not currently fighting, and had prevented Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
  • Trump also said the United States controlled the Strait of Hormuz after Iran and the United States exchanged strikes following a month without fighting.

Donald Trump says he calls the confrontation with Iran a “military conflict” because he considers it “small potatoes” for the United States.

military conflict

· Donald TrumpTrump’s preferred description of the confrontation with Iran.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump compared the conflict with other wars by their duration and U.S. casualties. He said 18 Americans had been killed in Iran, compared with “tens of thousands of people” in other conflicts.

small potatoes

· Donald TrumpTrump characterized the conflict as minor for the United States.

Trump said the United States had conducted “intermittent strikes” in Iran but “we’re not fighting right now.” The comments followed a week in which Iran and the United States exchanged strikes in the Middle East, with Iran also firing at U.S. ally Kuwait after a month without fighting.

intermittent strikes

· Donald TrumpTrump described U.S. military operations in Iran.

The president said the United States controlled the Strait of Hormuz and had “stopped Iran from having a nuclear weapon.” Vice President JD Vance had said the previous day that he would not describe the confrontation as a war. Trump responded, “I don’t think it matters what you call it. What matters is the fact that we’ve had tremendous success.”

I don’t think it matters what you call it. What matters is the fact that we’ve had tremendous success.

· Donald TrumpTrump dismissed the dispute over whether the confrontation should be called a war.
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