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President Donald Trump falsely claimed Thursday that no Americans have been killed in the Iran war in the last five months.
Calling into conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt’s show on the Salem News Channel, Trump made the false claim while repeating his assertions that Iran’s military capabilities have been “wiped out” in the now more than eight-month-long conflict.
So far, 23 American service members have been killed in the conflict, including four in July, according to Military.com.
Trump made the claim while speaking to Hewitt Thursday:
DONALD TRUMP: We’re taking out more oil and you know think about the war we’ve been fighting you know pretty, at a pretty rapid clip for three weeks.
Not seven months; for three weeks. Nobody’s been killed in the last five months.
You know in Russia they’re losing 25,000 people a month, between Russia and Ukraine, mostly soldiers.
We haven’t lost a soldier in five months and we control the Gulf. We won Venezuela and we control the Gulf in terms of the Hormuz Strait. We control it, totally control it. But the answer is if I saw things going the other way I would do that and it’s possible — I would do it right now.
HUGH HEWITT: And are you willing to stick with the blockade even if it takes 26 months to collapse that regime?
TRUMP: Well the regime is collapsing and their press is much different than the fact — you know they’ll always make these harsh statements about, ‘We are doing well, we will...
Want to avoid video ads? Subscribe to President Donald Trump falsely claimed Thursday that no Americans have been killed in the Iran war in the last five months. Calling into conservative comment...