# Trump calls strike on Iran ‘small-scale’ and insists it is not a war

https://mins.news/en/video/128082

- VOA Chinese, 2026-11-03 23:58 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K8S19iTn-8

> Trump said the US military’s strike on Iran Monday night was a “small-scale attack” and insisted it did not constitute a war. Rubio said the new Congress cannot change the foreign policy of an elected president. Trump also said the US and Israel agreed to end the annual $4 billion US aid to Israel before year-end. Fuel costs stemming from the Iran war remain an election focus; despite recent declines in gasoline prices, household and farm fuel expenses remain well above a year ago.

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