Trump Falsely Says 0 U.S. Troops Died in 5 Months of Iran War
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Updated · The Washington Post · Nov 13
Trump Falsely Says 0 U.S. Troops Died in 5 Months of Iran War
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Nov 13
Summary
Trump said in two Thursday interviews that “nobody’s been killed” and the U.S. had not lost a soldier in the last five months of the Iran war.
Pentagon figures contradict that claim, reporting 23 U.S. service-member deaths in the Middle East during the war — 11 from enemy fire and 12 in nonhostile incidents.
July alone included three soldiers killed in an attack on a Jordan air base, another death during a controlled drone detonation in Iraq, and a Navy captain killed in an emergency landing in the Arabian Sea.
Trump also said he could end the war quickly but has chosen a slower approach because neighboring Middle East countries — which he called major U.S. investors — asked him not to escalate.