{"id":2654813,"date":"2026-09-04T17:49:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T21:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-calling-iran-a-conflict-or-war-is-small-potatoes-and-doesnt-matter\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T17:52:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T21:52:03","slug":"trump-says-calling-iran-a-conflict-or-war-is-small-potatoes-and-doesnt-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-calling-iran-a-conflict-or-war-is-small-potatoes-and-doesnt-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says calling Iran a conflict or war is &#8216;small potatoes&#8217; and &#8216;doesn&#8217;t matter&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-calling-iran-a-conflict-or-war-is-small-potatoes-and-doesnt-matter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2654813&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>president Donald Trump addressed the situation in Iran,reiterating that the ongoing military activities are not officially considered a war,as there is no active fighting at present. He compared the conflict to previous military actions, such as in Venezuela, highlighting the relatively low casualties-18 compared to vietnam\u2019s 100,000-and described the current engagement as &#8220;intermittent strikes&#8221; rather than full-scale war. Trump emphasized that the primary achievement has been preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, regardless of whether the situation is labeled a war or conflict. Additionally, he aligned wiht White House Vice President JD Vance\u2019s view that the military operations are not a war, asserting that it is a small-scale and manageable situation.The president also commented on the legal aspects, noting that some lawmakers, like Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, believe that the U.S. may be in violation of the War Powers Act because it has not received Congressional approval to engage in such conflicts. Trump dismissed concerns over semantics and focused on the successes achieved in Iran. The article includes links to related stories, a video of Trump\u2019s comments, and discusses the broader political and legal implications of the military actions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4714205\/trump-michael-cohen-recant-testimony-new-york\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> reiterated on Friday Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"7658\">JD Vance\u2019s<\/a> suggestion from the day prior that the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/u-s-military\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1339\">military<\/a> operation in Iran is not a war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance, holding a press briefing at the White House, told reporters Thursday that he would not characterize the conflict as a war since \u201cright now, there is no active shooting.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4714349\/trump-says-doesnt-matter-whether-you-call-iran-conflict-or-war-its-small-potatoes\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says \u2018it doesn\u2019t matter\u2019 if you call Iran conflict a war or not: \u2018It\u2019s small potatoes\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4713308\/us-sinks-refueling-station-los-choneros-drug-vessel\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>US sinks alleged refueling station aiding Los Choneros narco-terrorists<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4713149\/trump-adam-telle-acting-army-secretary\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump names Adam Telle acting Army secretary after Driscoll resignation<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president fielded questions from reporters Friday afternoon in the Oval Office, where he agreed with Vance\u2019s assessment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA lot of people don\u2019t call it a war,\u201d he said. \u201cI call it a military conflict because it\u2019s small potatoes. It\u2019s not a big thing. We did Venezuela, and we did this. In Venezuela we lost nobody, and this we lost 18 people. And in Vietnam, we lost 100,000 people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4711818\/trump-treasonous-scum-whistleblowers-us-munitions-shortage-iran-war\/\">Trump<\/a> added that he would characterize the conflict as \u201cintermittent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe do intermittent strikes,\u201d the president said. \u201cSo I heard what [Vance] said, and it was interesting because I think that there\u2019s a lot of truth. We\u2019re not fighting right now. There\u2019s no fighting. I don\u2019t think it matters what you call it. What matters is the fact that we have had tremendous success. We stopped Iran from having a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Thomas <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4712705\/thomas-massie-jd-vance-iran-conflict-not-a-war\/\">Massie<\/a> (R-KY) told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> on Thursday that the Trump administration won\u2019t refer to the conflict as a war to avoid acknowledging \u201cthey\u2019re in violation of the 1973 War Powers Act, which allows them only 90 days to engage before they must withdraw or get congressional approval.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think playing these semantics is an insult to the men and women fighting the war and to those who\u2019ve already sacrificed,\u201d Massie said. \u201cWhy not attempt to get the constitutionally and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massie-blasts-vance-for-saying-iran-conflict-isnt-a-war\/\" title=\"Massie blasts ... for saying ... conflict isn&#039;t a ...\">legally mandated congressional approval<\/a> so they can call a war a war?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4714205\/trump-michael-cohen-recant-testimony-new-york\/\"><strong>TRUMP SAYS MICHAEL COHEN \u2018RECANTED\u2019 CRIMINAL RECORD TESTIMONY AND ASKS NEW YORK TO DROP \u2018ANY REMNANT\u2019 OF CASE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can watch Trump\u2019s comments in full below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xHSKMevaFIc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump agrees Iran conflict isn&#8217;t a war, calls it small<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2654814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26247679757794.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5237,3823,3634],"class_list":["post-2654813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-conflict","tag-iran","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26247679757794.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2654813"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2654817,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654813\/revisions\/2654817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2654814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2654813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2654813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2654813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}