Trump describes Iranian war horrors to children at White House event
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Updated · The Independent · May 5
Trump describes Iranian war horrors to children at White House event
4 articles · Updated · The Independent · May 5
At Tuesday's event, with golfer Gary Player, children, reporters and cabinet secretaries present, Trump said 42,000 unarmed Iranian protesters were killed and repeated claims Iran's nuclear potential was obliterated.
He also took media questions beside children, discussed Mahsa Amini-era protests, threatened Iran again and veered into transgender rights and women's sports.
The remarks came in the war's third month, with the Strait of Hormuz still disrupted, oil prices rising and no public progress on US goals including curbing Iran's missiles and nuclear programme.
Did US strikes neutralize Iran's nuclear potential, or is a greater threat looming from its inaccessible underground facilities?
As the Hormuz blockade strangles global oil supply, what is the conflict's true cost to the world economy?