‘Small potatoes’: US President Trump downplays war on Iran
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- Trump tells reporters the US is 'not fighting right now' despite a recent exchange of fire with Iran.S1
- US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) backed Vice President JD Vance's characterisation of the ongoing confrontation with Iran as not amounting to a war, describing the hostilities as an "intermittent" military conflict and calling it "small potatoe...S2
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‘Small potatoes’: US President Trump downplays war on Iran
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Trump backs VP Vance’s Iran conflict “not a war” remark, calls it “small potatoes”
US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) backed Vice President JD Vance's characterisation of the ongoing confrontation with Iran as not amounting to a war, describing the…
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Published Sep 4, 2026
What to know
- Trump tells reporters the US is 'not fighting right now' despite a recent exchange of fire with Iran.S1
- US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) backed Vice President JD Vance's characterisation of the ongoing confrontation with Iran as not amounting to a war, describing the hostilities as an "intermittent" military conflict and calling it "small potatoe...S2
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