@pbsnews: President Donald Trump said Friday that he calls the Iran war a “military conflict” because he thinks it’s “small potatoes” for the United States. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump compared Iran to other wars by length and U.S. casualties — pointing out that 18 Americans have been killed there compared to “tens of thousands of people” in other conflicts. The president said the U.S. has conducted “intermittent strikes” in Iran but “we’re not fighting right now.” After a month without fighting, Iran and the U.S. traded strikes this week in the Middle East, with Iran also firing at U.S. ally Kuwait. Trump’s categorization came a day after Vice President JD Vance said that he would not describe the conflict with Iran as a war. The president asserted Friday that the U.S. is in control of the Strait of Hormuz and that “we stopped Iran from having a nuclear weapon.” “I don’t think it matters what you call it,” he said. “What matters is the fact that we’ve had tremendous success.” #Trump #Iran #Iranwar #news

Getsi 🇲🇽 :

Did he just watch Spider-Man ?

boomtj.09 :

18 people is 18 more people than was necessary...imagine telling those 18 families that their loved one died for "small potatoes"

BiPolarBarbiee :

Everyone remember that Obama was able to stop them.

nyce carvings :

Why is he sacrificing American lives for “small potatoes”?

ttann :

"A lot of people..." are one of his tells

Hannahablethacannibal :

oh so you used our entire munition stock on something that's small potatoes? 🫩

gpersyn99 :

Specifically mentioning both Vietnam, which he dodged, and the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan that he set in motion in his first term and then didn't give Biden a proper handoff for, is a choice

Marym 4924 :

I hate him!

Manni 🏳️‍🌈 :

if we control the Straight, why are my gas prices getting higher? .. and Iran doesn't have a nuclear weapon. why are we there???

Darren :

he's calling 18 americans potatoes

Seve :

He doesn't know what deployment means

Todd :

Not a care in the world when it comes to lowering gas and food prices or fulfilling ANY of his campaign promises,just keeps blowing off about Iran not having a nuke??!!!🤔😒

Larry The Sociologist :

Vietnam?! 😭 You know how ass your plan has to be going to compare things to VIETNAM?!

David Sanchez :

Of course he doesn’t know the number of deaths in Vietnam. 🤦‍♂️

Marcus Knight789 :

The time is up congress need to act and POTUS has know clue what the time frame is for this volley is up .

numial_mahdi :

It would be more believable if there was FREEPRESS FREEDOM

Mike vanhooten :

40 plus billion, plus human lives. Small potatoes

LaydeeB :

Who are those "small potatoes".. Say all their names. Why??

Marc H. Alexis :

homie ain't married no more? no wedding ring?

Junkyard dog :

Zbrkln70 🇵🇸 :

Why doesn’t he send his son to fight

Aquarius60 :

Uncle Buttchunks :

Then why do our forces spend 9 months at sea working their butts off? What was that?

aperol_bethany :

Small potatoes for him is nothing. But when you have a service member that passes and it’s not a declared war - there are lost benefits. Let’s see Vance and Rubio fight this next debate. Lay down the ego.

brz$ :

He just rambles when he lies