Trump's Iran ship count escalates from 46 to 51 within single press conference

During a single press conference in Florida on Day 10 of the Iran war, Trump's claimed count of destroyed Iranian naval vessels escalated dramatically in real time. He began his prepared remarks claiming 46 Iranian ships had been sunk, but by the Q&A portion the number had risen to 50, and then to 51. He also contradicted himself on Iran's remaining military capacity: at one point claiming 'We've wiped every single force in Iran out, very completely,' then immediately clarifying that 'most' -- not all -- of Iran's naval power had been sunk. On missile capacity, he said Iran had 'shot basically everything it had,' but then said capacity was 'down to about 10%, maybe less.' On drones, he said they were 'down to probably 25%.' The cascading contradictions within a single appearance underscored the unreliability of Trump's wartime claims.

"We've wiped every single force in Iran out, very completely" — Said at Florida press conference before immediately contradicting himself by saying 'most' of Iran's naval power had been sunk and missile capacity was 'down to about 10%'