President Donald Trump calls the war in Iran “small potatoes" during remarks to reporters at the White House. (Source: Bloomberg)
President Donald Trump called the war in Iran “small potatoes,” the latest comment from a top US leader downplaying the scope of a conflict that has lasted more than six months.
Asked during an Oval Office exchange about Vance’s comments made a day earlier, Trump said “a lot of people don’t call it a war."
President Donald Trump reiterated on Friday Vice President JD Vance’s suggestion from the day prior that the military operation in Iran is not a war. Vance, holding a press briefing at the White House, told reporters Thursday that he would not characterize the conflict as a war since “right now, there is no active shooting.” […]
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President Trump said during an Oval Office event that he would not call the ongoing military conflict in Iran a "war," instead labeling it "small potatoes." This comes one day after Vice President JD Vance also refused to call it a "war."
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.