Lawler Disagrees with Trump on Iran War: ‘It Is Certainly Not Small Potatoes’
Lawler said the conflict has major stakes, citing nuclear nonproliferation, terrorism financing and 70% of prewar Strait of Hormuz oil flow.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump described the seven-month-old US-Israel military campaign against Iran as "small potatoes" in the Oval Office, contrasting the 18 American casualties with the far greater death toll in Vietnam.
- Vice President JD Vance had argued the conflict no longer qualifies as a war because major combat has ended, a position Trump echoed by avoiding the word "war" since fighting began on February 28.
- Rep. Mike Lawler pushed back on CNN on Sunday, telling Dana Bash the conflict is "certainly not small potatoes" and rejecting the administration's characterization of the military engagement.
- Oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz has recovered to about 70% of pre-conflict levels, a detail Lawler cited to argue the US-Israel campaign carries significant geopolitical stakes.
- Congress passed a symbolic war powers resolution in June demanding either a halt to strikes or formal authorization, yet the administration continues operating without congressional approval.
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MandatoryDonald Trump Calls Iran Conflict ‘Small Potatoes’ 7 Months Into Fighting
Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images President Donald Trump waved off the scale of the ongoing US-Israel military campaign against Iran on Friday, telling reporters the seven-month-old war amounts to “small potatoes.” Even as it has claimed 18 American service members and pushed energy prices higher worldwide. Donald Trump backs JD Vance’s argument that the US-Iran fighting is not currently a war The comments came during an Oval Office signing ev…
BAD-FAITH FRAME: ABC’s Rachel Scott Repeats ‘No End in Sight’ to Iran War
BAD-FAITH FRAME: ABC’s Rachel Scott Repeats ‘No End in Sight’ to Iran War admin Sun, 09/06/2026 - 18:18 Article URL https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jorge-bonilla/2026/09/06/bad-faith-frame-abcs-rachel-scott-repeats-no-end-sight-iran-war Article Source NewsBusters Article Description ABC, the most consistently Trump-deranged among the major commercial broadcast networks, laid out a particularly bad-faith frame of the military operation in…
Rep. Mike Lawler Breaks With Trump Over "Small Potatoes" Iran War Remark
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) publicly disagreed with President Donald Trump on Sunday over the commander in chief’s decision to downplay the ongoing Iran conflict. Trump made the remarks in the Oval Office on Friday, describing the situation as “a military conflict because it’s small potatoes for us,” adding, “It’s not a big thing.” Lawler pushed […]
GOP Rep. Lawler: Iran War 'Certainly Not Small Potatoes'
On Sunday’s broadcast of CNN’s “State of the Union,” Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) said the military conflict in Iran is not small potatoes. Host Dana Bash said, “I do want to quickly talk about the Iran war. President Trump referred
Lawler disagrees with Trump on Iran war: ‘It is certainly not small potatoes’
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Sunday broke with President Trump regarding the commander in chief’s recent statement about the Iran war where he downplayed the conflict. “Any time you are at war or in a military escalation, it is certainly not small potatoes. It is serious. I think we all recognize that,” Lawler told CNN’s…
House Republican Breaks With Trump on Iran: ‘Certainly Not Small Potatoes’
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) broke with Trump over his characterization of the war with Iran, telling CNN that the conflict is “certainly not small potatoes.” The post House Republican Breaks With Trump on Iran: ‘Certainly Not Small Potatoes’ first appeared on Mediaite.
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