# Trump calls Iran war ‘small potatoes’, compares US deaths with Vietnam war

https://mins.news/en/item/46009

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-04 20:22 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/4/09-04-trump-iran-war-small-potatoes-clip?traffic_source=rss

> US President Donald Trump described the war with Iran as “small potatoes,” saying 18 Americans had been killed versus 100,000 in Vietnam. He said US strikes were “intermittent” and threatened to attack Pickaxe Mountain, whose tunnels are reportedly believed to contain Iran’s enriched uranium.

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