President said Howard Lutnick had Venezuela operation on his mind when he was discussing Iran war on CNBC<\/p>\n
Donald Trump has claimed his commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, erroneously stated that no Americans had been killed in the war with Iran because he was thinking about a previous US operation, in Venezuela.<\/p>\n
The claim, at odds with the Pentagon\u2019s count of 18 US service members dead in the US-Israel war on Iran, sparked a swift backlash as Trump struggles to end the conflict after six months.<\/p>\n
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