From the start of his war with Iran, President Donald Trump took care to acknowledge the ugly headlines that could result. He has many talents as a politician, but speaking about dead and wounded service members is decidedly not among them. The war with Iran is now less than a week old, and Trump and his administration have already made multiple awkward comments about the deaths of US soldiers. “And sadly, there will likely be more [deaths] before it ends,” Trump said, before adding: “That’s the way it is. These are also especially significant deaths, given they’re the first in a new war whose justification the administration has struggled mightily to explain.

Source: CNN March 05, 2026 00:46 UTC