Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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President Donald Trump dismissed concerns that the conflict in Iran was draining American firepower as clashes resumed in the on-again off-again hostilities that have stretched more than six months, with neither side willing to restart negotiations to end the war. #trump #iran #news #politics #usa

“This is a relatively little war for us,” Trump told reporters on Monday. “This is not a big war.”

The president brushed aside criticism of US munitions shortages after months of airstrikes and long-range missile attacks on Iran, saying the US has “tremendous amounts, unlimited amounts of mid-grade and older” munitions and that “we’re only talking about what we call the elite, the elite stuff — and even that we’re in very good shape, but we can always take from other sources.”

Read more: bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-30/us-strikes-iranian-rocket-launchers-in-first-attack-in-weeks

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