Trump downplays injuries of service members attacked on his watch

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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.

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