Trump Calls Iran Conflict 'Not a War' Amid Strikes

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• Trump says the U.S. confrontation with Iran is “not a war” but a “minor military operation,” citing no American deaths in months. He contrasts it with the war in Ukraine to support his argument. READ… (clashreport on Telegram)
• Trump on Iran: Iran is not a war. It's a minor military operation. (clashreport on Telegram)
• Trump on Iran: What we are is maybe an occupier. Could be an occupier, because, you know, we control the Strait of Hormuz. (clashreport on Telegram)
• Trump on Ukraine War: Russia and Ukraine, for the first time, I think, want to settle. We have meetings. I've had phone calls today. I'm having some tomorrow. I think it's going to be a very big… (clashreport on Telegram)
• Q: There were reports of strikes near Qeshm Island in Iran today. Did the U.S. do those? Trump: We do minor strikes, but they built a little bit of an anti-aircraft device, and we knocked it out in… (clashreport on Telegram)
• Trump on Iran: You look at World War I, that's a war. World War II, that's a war. You look at Russia, Ukraine, that's a war. We're not fighting. (clashreport on Telegram)
• Q: Do you want to make the deal really soon, or are you open to waiting? Trump: Well, we have nobody getting hurt, nobody getting killed. (clashreport on Telegram)
• Trump on Iran: We're dealing with them now. They want to make a deal very badly. They want to make a deal. So we'll see if they make a deal. (clashreport on Telegram)
• Trump on Iran War: It's not a war. Can't be a war when for five months nobody is hurt, killed, or anything else. It's not a war. You know, in Russia, Ukraine, they lose 25,000 people a month. We… (clashreport on Telegram)
• Trump: We have a lot of meetings set up at Mar-a-Lago with a lot of different people having to do with Russia and having to do with other things. (clashreport on Telegram)