# Trump calls US-Iran conflict that’s taken 18 Americans’ lives ‘small potatoes’

https://mins.news/en/video/46179

- ABC News, 2026-09-05 00:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WZcKcl7Sss

> As attacks in Iran intensify, President Trump describes the US-Iran conflict, which has killed 18 Americans, as “small potatoes.” The comment comes less than 24 hours after Vice President Vance declined to say whether the US was at war.

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