Trump calls Iran conflict "small potatoes"
President Donald Trump on Friday labeled the Iran war “small potatoes,” the latest attempt to minimize a six-month conflict that caused a spike in gas prices and led to the deaths of 18 American service-members. “A lot of people don’t call it a war.
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18 sourcesLawler disagrees with Trump on Iran war: 'It is certainly not small potatoes'
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6 sourcesTrump calls the Iran war — which has left 18 U.S. service members dead — ‘small potatoes’ and backs Vance’s view that it’s not a war
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Trump calls Iran conflict ‘small potatoes’ and defends Vance’s position that it’s not a ‘war’
Trump calls Iran conflict ‘small potatoes’ and says he agrees with Vance that it’s not a ‘war’
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