President Donald Trump called the ongoing conflict with Iran 'small potatoes' on September 4, comparing 18 U.S. service member deaths to historical wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan, endorsing Vice President Vance's argument that it is not a 'war.' By September 6, Republican lawmakers including Rep. Mike Lawler disagreed, asserting the conflict is serious.
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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.
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Trump calls Iran conflict ‘small potatoes’ and says he agrees with Vance that it’s not a ‘war’ AP News
President Donald Trump calls the war in Iran “small potatoes" during remarks to reporters at the White House. (Source: Bloomberg)
President Donald Trump describes the conflict in Iran as "small potatoes" and said he agrees with Vice President JD Vance's assertion that what's going on in Iran is no longer a “war.”.
US President Donald Trump called the Iran war small potatoes, saying only 18 Americans had been killed.
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.
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 the Iran war was "small potatoes" for the United States, in his administration's latest bid to play down the conflict ahead of crucial midterm elections. Trump's comments came a day after Vice President JD Vance said that "I wouldn't call it a war" despite an upsurge in clashes between Iran and the United States over the Strait of Hormuz.
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 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.
Trump tells reporters the US is 'not fighting right now' despite a recent exchange of fire with Iran.
You'll be happy to know that Trump calls Iran conflict ‘small potatoes’ and defends Vance’s position that it’s not a ‘war’. https:// apnews.com/article/trump-iran- vance-war-23a45a2c45c048a9e894baeab89c7a2f
If Donald Trump's war of choice and aggression with Iran is "small potatoes," then I guess negotiating a peace for it would not remotely earn him a Nobel Prize.
Hat tip to Heather Cox Richardson for noting in her Sept 5. report that "Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday that it is actually not a war but 'a military conflict because it’s small potatoes for us.'" If the U.S. military arms stockpile can be so depleted by a "small potatoes," effort, gotta wonder how far we'd get into a "real" war before all we had left to throw at the enemy would
Trump’s “small potatoes” Iran War keeps escalating https://www. salon.com/2026/09/06/trumps-sm all-potatoes-iran-war-keeps-escalating/ # Iran # TrumpMustGo # KingOfTreason # RepublicansDidThis # NoRepublicansEverAgain # USPol
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Sunday broke with President Trump regarding the commander in chief's recent statement about the Iran war where he downplayed the conflict. “Any time you are at war or in a military escalation, it is certainly not small potatoes. It is serious. I think we all recognize that,” Lawler told CNN’s...