President Donald Trump used a Veterans Day address at Arlington National Cemetery to defend the Iran war, saying U.S. forces were preventing Tehran from developing the ability to build a nuclear weapon.
The Straits Times reported that the latest Pentagon figures put the toll at 23 U.S. service members killed and several hundred wounded.
Trump spoke Nov. 11 to troops, veterans and senior administration officials. The ceremony included a wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Trump said Iran “has been waging war on America since 1979,” invoking decades of conflict as he defended the campaign.
The war also figured in election remarks by Trump and Vice President JD Vance. Vance wrote on X on Nov. 4 that the conflict was the reason Republicans lost the Nov. 3 congressional elections. During a CBS 60 Minutes interview broadcast Nov. 8, Trump said Vance was right about the conflict’s effect on the vote, while maintaining he would choose the same course again, as EconoTimes reported earlier.
