Trump says Iran war is 'small potatoes' for US
President Donald Trump described the military campaign against Iran as "small potatoes" for the U.S. on Friday, brushing aside semantic debates over whether to label the conflict a war after Vice President JD Vance declined to do so.
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- Published Date: 10:25 PM 04 September 2026
President Donald Trump said Friday that the Iran war was "small potatoes" for the United States, a day after Vice President JD Vance said he wouldn't describe the conflict as a war.
"A lot of people don't call it a war. I call it a military conflict because it's small potatoes for us. It's not a big thing. We did Venezuela, and we did this," Trump told reporters when asked about Vance's comments.
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