Former President Donald Trump appeared to downplay the hundreds of injuries suffered by U.S. service members at Ain al Asad Air Base in January 2020.
The attacks, launched by Iranian proxies, came in response to Trump’s killing of former Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, but the former president questioned the severity of those injuries during a press conference on Tuesday.
“First of all, injured?” Trump posed back to reporters when asked about why he didn’t respond with force to Iran’s attack. “What does injured mean? Injured means because they had a headache? Because the bombs never hit the fort.”
More than 30 U.S. service members suffered traumatic brain injuries when Iran launched at least 10 ballistic missiles at Ain al Asad Air Base in Iraq. The
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