Trump dismisses Iran's ceasefire breach, calls US troop deaths in Jordan 'a very sad thing'

Two US service members were killed and one went missing after Iran struck Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan overnight July 17-18, the first American combat deaths in the resumed war since March. Speaking to the New York Post and NewsNation, Trump called the deaths "a very sad thing," said "we hate to see it happen," and argued the troops died "because they don't want to see Iran have a nuclear weapon." Asked about Iran's simultaneous announcement that it would no longer abide by the ceasefire memorandum of understanding, Trump said "I couldn't care less." Trump ordered a new round of US retaliatory airstrikes on Iran the same day, continuing a war he restarted July 9 despite a bipartisan war-powers resolution Congress passed in June requiring specific authorization for further action. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, called the conflict "a disaster" both militarily and diplomatically.

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