Lutnick apologizes for saying no Americans have died in Iran war
Trump said 18 U.S. service members were killed after Howard Lutnick said the Iran war had caused no American deaths.
- On Thursday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick apologized for falsely claiming no Americans died in the Iran war, a mistake President Donald Trump publicly corrected on Truth Social by noting "18 people were killed in Iran!"
- Lutnick made the claim during a Wednesday CNBC interview defending the conflict as an economic strategy, but the Pentagon casualty database contradicts him, listing 18 service members killed and 757 wounded since the war began.
- Military data shows 776 total casualties, including 18 deaths and 757 wounded; according to The Intercept, 345 of those casualties occurred since a second ceasefire collapsed on July 7.
- In a Thursday post, Lutnick said he "misspoke" and confused the Iran war with a Venezuelan operation, writing to families that "my heart breaks and I am so very sorry for their loss."
- The war is now in its sixth month, and polls show 83% expect fighting to continue while support for the conflict in Iran has fallen to 31 percent, its lowest level since early fighting.
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Lutnick apologizes for saying no Americans have died in Iran war
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick apologized on Thursday for stating that no Americans had died in the Iran war, acknowledging that 18 service members have been killed and he was thinking about Venezuela when he made the mistaken statement.
The US Commerce Secretary admitted he was wrong and claimed he was considering military action in Venezuela.
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Hong Jeong-gyu = As U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sparked controversy with his remark that "there were no American casualties in the Iran war," Donald ...
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Trump excuses Howard Lutnick for saying there have been no US deaths in Iran war
Trump defended Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who erroneously said that no Americans had been killed in the ongoing war with Iran.
Trump scrambles to save face after Howard Lutnick’s stunning gaffe on Iran war
President Donald Trump was forced into damage-control mode Thursday after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick made a stunning claim about the war in Iran: No Americans had died. That would be quite a claim consideringv18 U.S. service members have been killedvduring the six-month-old conflict, with their remains returned to Dover Air Force Base in flag-draped transfer […]
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