Trump calls Iran conflict small potatoes and says he agrees with Vance that its not a war
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. ”Asked during an Oval Office exchange about Vance’s comments made a day earlier, Trump noted that U. S. strikes on Iran are now “intermittent” and seemed to downplay the intensity of a war that's cost U. S. taxpayers more than $37. 5 billion and left 18 U. S. can...
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