Donald Trump said the United States won its war with Iran
Donald Trump said the United States had won its war with Iran, while saying the question was when to end it, during a Veterans Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery. He called for a “total victory,” not a “93 percent victory,” and said the conflict would be over soon.
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Trump said only a few weeks of the roughly seven-month conflict involved active fighting and that the United States had lost 18 people. He acknowledged the casualties while predicting the conflict would make the world safer.
Trump argued that Iran had been waging war on the United States since 1979 and cited the 1983 Iran-backed bombing of the Marine Corps barracks in Beirut. The Washington Post reported that he also repeated his vow not to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon.
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- Fox News — Trump claims total victory over Iran is near at Veterans Day event
- The Washington Post — Trump defends his war policies in speech at Arlington National Cemetery
- BBC News — Watch: Trump says 'we won' Iran war during Veterans Day service
- The Independent — Trump hijacks Veterans Day speech to make case for his Iran war — and 250-foot arch
- New York Post — Trump issues warning to ‘horrible’ Democrats, claims ‘we won’ Iran war during Veterans Day speech