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Trump calls Iran conflict small potatoes costing $37.5 billion
The Hindu··5 Sept
US President Donald Trump called the Iran conflict small potatoes, defending Vice President JD Vance for saying months of attacks are not a war. Trump said strikes on Iran are intermittent and the conflict has cost taxpayers more than $37.5 billion while leaving 18 US service members dead. The fighting began on February 28 and has lasted six months.
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What It Means For You
- US taxpayers have funded more than $37.5 billion in spending on the Iran conflict so far.
- Eighteen US service members have died since fighting began on February 28.
- Trump said the death toll is lower than in Vietnam, where 58,220 US forces died.
What's Happening
- Vance on Thursday rejected calling the conflict a war during a White House briefing.
- Iran fired at US Gulf ally Kuwait on Thursday in retaliation for US strikes.
- Trump described the fighting as a military conflict rather than a full-scale war.
US Military Spending on Iran Strikes
- The US and Israel have carried out air strikes without deploying ground troops into Iran.
- Trump compared the 18 deaths to losses in Venezuela, where he said nobody was killed.
- Vance steered clear of predicting the six-month-old conflict would end before November 3 congressional elections.
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