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Trump: ‘We expect casualties’ but Iran war is ‘going to be a great deal for the world’
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US President Donald Trump speaks during a breakfast with the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room of the White House, February 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)
US President Donald Trump says that American soldiers dying during strikes on Iran was to be expected in a war that is nevertheless a “great deal.”
“We have three, but we expect casualties, but in the end it’s going to be a great deal for the world,” Trump tells NBC after the Pentagon announced that three US servicemembers had been killed during military strikes on Iran.
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