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Miles Archer

(24,406 posts)
Thu May 21, 2026, 02:40 PM Thursday

Trump: "I get a kick when I look at somebody on television saying you've lost 13 soldiers" in the Iraq War

Trump on Wednesday confused his predecessors Joe Biden and Barack Obama while touting the purported successes of his ongoing war on Iran — and boasted that he has lost “only” 13 U.S. service members in the unpopular conflict.

The MAGA leader was on a tarmac while bragging about this number of deaths to Fox News.

“You lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers in these various wars,” Trump said. “In two wars, Venezuela, where we lost nobody, and here — we lost 13 people. Now, 13 people is 13 too much, but we lost 13 people. In other wars, you lost hundreds of thousands of people.

“So, people don’t like it when you say, ‘Oh, do you know you’ve lost 13.’ We’ve lost, in two major wars — we took over Venezuela, we essentially took over Iran — and we’ve lost, so far, 13 people. Somebody else would’ve lost 100,000 people, OK?

“But I get a kick when I look at somebody on television [and they say], ’He’s lost 13 people. I lost 13 people. They lost 13 people leaving an airport. Obama. Thirteen very good people that I got to know their families.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-brags-iran-war-deaths_n_6a0ed90fe4b084c012e35a08?origin=home-latest-news-unit

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Trump: "I get a kick when I look at somebody on television saying you've lost 13 soldiers" in the Iraq War (Original Post) Miles Archer Thursday OP
Same person that lost his shit about deaths Johonny Thursday #1
He has all the sensitivity of a toilet seat. Ocelot II Thursday #2
Hey MAGA....He doesn't care purr-rat beauty Thursday #3
One of the most disgusting things I've ever heard from this clown.. Permanut Thursday #4
I get a kick out of anticipating a future WITHOUT YOU, donald! calimary Thursday #5
We lost around 2400 soldiers over the entirety of TWENTY years in Iraq and Afghanistan. FascismIsDeath Thursday #6
"(W)e essentially took over Iran" Rob H. Thursday #7
Quiet, war piggy. Efilroft Sul Thursday #8
Benghazi/ Hillary killed them. Traildogbob Thursday #9
Oh, so, now they're wars again. sinkingfeeling Thursday #10
600,000 plus dead due to USAID cuts. 100,000 plus unnecessary Covid deaths. 194 dead fishermen without trial. chowder66 Thursday #11

Johonny

(26,641 posts)
1. Same person that lost his shit about deaths
Thu May 21, 2026, 02:42 PM
Thursday

In Afghanistan due to Trump designed (Biden) pull out.

Trump doesn't give a shit about you.

purr-rat beauty

(1,468 posts)
3. Hey MAGA....He doesn't care
Thu May 21, 2026, 02:43 PM
Thursday

And I doubt we have only lost 13, I will bet my house on it

What a vile hypocrite on top of all his other inhumane traits

calimary

(90,842 posts)
5. I get a kick out of anticipating a future WITHOUT YOU, donald!
Thu May 21, 2026, 02:48 PM
Thursday

You won’t last forever, dude. The rest of us will just wait you out.

FascismIsDeath

(268 posts)
6. We lost around 2400 soldiers over the entirety of TWENTY years in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Thu May 21, 2026, 02:49 PM
Thursday

Of course 1 is too many when its an unnecessary, stupid war like Iraq but thats a far cry from "hundreds of thousands".

chowder66

(12,526 posts)
11. 600,000 plus dead due to USAID cuts. 100,000 plus unnecessary Covid deaths. 194 dead fishermen without trial.
Thu May 21, 2026, 04:42 PM
Thursday

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