{"id":1053,"date":"2026-07-19T12:44:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T12:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationacrossamerica.com\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2026-07-19T12:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T12:44:41","slug":"hate-to-see-it-happen-trump-uses-troop-deaths-to-defend-nuclear-iran-narrative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationacrossamerica.com\/?p=1053","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHate to see it happen\u201d: Trump uses troop deaths to defend nuclear Iran narrative"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Donald Trump won\u2019t let the deaths of two American soldiers knock him off-message.<\/p>\n

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In interviews with NewsNation and the New York Post, the president used deadly Iranian attacks in Jordan to reinforce the idea that his ongoing war is focused on keeping Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n

An Iranian strike on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan on Friday left two service members dead and another missing. The United States launched retaliatory strikes on Saturday at Trump\u2019s urging.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe strikes are designed to further degrade Iran\u2019s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and swiftly punish Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces who launched attacks against American service members in Jordan,\u201d Central Command explained in a statement.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the Post, Trump called the death of US troops \u201ca shame\u201d and claimed their sacrifice was in service of hindering the Iranian nuclear program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey did it because they don\u2019t want to see Iran have a nuclear weapon,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

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Trump reportedly shared the same justification in a phone call with NewsNation correspondent Hannah Brandt. \u00a0He called the deaths a \u201cvery sad thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hate to see it happen. They were in service of our country,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019ll fight to the death\u2026never allowing Iran to have a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump has repeatedly painted his war with Iran as a way to prevent the country from developing a nuclear weapon. The U.S. and Iran were party to a deal that reduced Iran\u2019s stockpile of enriched uranium. Trump pulled the country out of that deal in 2018. He maintains that the ongoing war is necessary to keep Iran from making a nuke, despite his own claims that 2025 attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities had \u201cobliterated\u201d the country\u2019s weapons program.<\/p>\n

The U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding meant to halt the ongoing hostilities last month. In the wake of continued U.S. attacks within Iran and Iranian strikes on regional U.S.-affiliated targets, Iranian officials shared that the agreement is effectively \u201csuspended.\u201d<\/p>\n

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