"Trump excuses Lutnick for saying there have been no US deaths in Iran war
President Donald Trump posted to social media on Thursday defending Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who erroneously said on Wednesday that no Americans had been killed in the ongoing war with Iran.
In an interview with CNBC, Lutnick touted the administration's strategy of attempting an "economic choke out" of Iran and said that "there haven't been American deaths.""
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