Trump again compared the death toll of 18 US service members to the wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Trump on Friday said the conflict in Iran is “small potatoes” as he defended VP JD Vance for asserting that months of on-and-off attacks in the Middle East are not a “war.”

Trump defended JD Vance's refusal to call the Iran fighting a war during an Oval Office exchange. His remarks further downplayed a six-month conflict that has cost billions and killed 18 US service members.

Trump noted that U.S. strikes on Iran are now “intermittent” and seemed to downplay the intensity of a war that's cost U.S. taxpayers more than $37.5 billion and left 18 U.S. service members dead.

Donald Trump defended JD Vance after the Vice President refused to call the Iran fighting a war. The remarks highlighted the White House effort to portray a costly six-month conflict as limited.

As the Iran war continues beyond six months, Donald Trump sought to dismiss the conflict as a 'relatively little war' for the US while threatening further strikes against Tehran.