President Donald Trump falsely claimed on Fox News the U.S. “lost hundreds of thousands” of Americans in the Vietnam War (the real number is 58,000) to justify his failed war with Iran that has cost the U.S. billions of U.S. tax dollars. Trump also bragged about wasting $250 million in last night’s attack against low value targets in Iran.
Trump: “I don’t know if America has the appetite to do what I would really much prefer doing. We’ve lost 13 soldiers in two wars. In Iraq– in Iran we lost 13. In Vietnam we lost hundreds of thousands. We didn’t have the right leadership, to be honest. If it were me, I would’ve… pic.twitter.com/yd9gakueCo
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 11, 2026
We wasted $250 million to make gas prices in America even higher… is not the flex he thinks it is. https://t.co/8P9AuiHRjy
— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) June 11, 2026
(Source: Fox News)