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.
State of the Union: The U.S. struck three Iranian oil tankers Saturday, and the Pentagon ramped up efforts to stop press leaks. The post Iran War Day 190: Trump Calls Iran War ‘Small Potatoes,’ Suggests U.S. May Attack Pickaxe Mountain appeared first on The American Conservative.
President Trump called the conflict with Iran ‘small potatoes,’ adding the U.S. was now protecting oil tankers from Iranian attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez reports.
David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump's remarks calling the conflict with Iran "small potatoes," the president's influence over the midterm elections, how Democrats are campaigning and Sen. Susan Collins' remarks on choosing relevance in the GOP over standing on principle.
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."
