Trump says Americans should worry about Iran retaliation on US soil: ‘Some people will die’
WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump quite casually said that during the time of war, people die, as he also claimed that currently, Americans should be concerned about Iran attacking the US.
The US commander-in-chief made the remark during an interview with TIME for their latest cover story, 'Trump’s War', published on Thursday, March 5. Correspondent Eric Cortellessa asked Trump about the US and Israel joint attack on Iran, and if the people of the US should worry about being targeted at home. He replied, “I guess.”
Donald Trump says 'some people will die'
The 79-year-old leader further added that Americans worry “about that all the time. We think about it all the time. We plan for it. But yeah, you know, we expect some things.”
“Like I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die,” Trump added.
The Republican leader’s statement came after six service members died in an Iranian airstrike in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, on March 1.
Donald Trump to attend 'dignified transfer' of fallen soldiers
The fallen soldiers have been identified as Captain Cody A Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Fla; Sgt 1st Class Noah L Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Neb; Sgt 1st Class Nicole M Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minn; Sgt Declan J Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa; Maj Jeffrey R O'Brien, 45, of Indianola, Iowa; and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M Marzan, 54, of Sacramento, California.
All of them were posted to the 103rd Sustainment Command, Des Moines, Iowa.
Following the tragic incident, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a press briefing that Trump “intends to attend the dignified transfer of these American heroes to stand in grief alongside their families.” However, the date of the transfer has not been announced yet.
Austin mass shooting 'indicate[s] a potential nexus to te**orism'
Amid these, another tragedy happened in Austin, Texas, over the weekend that saw three people, including the gunman, lose their lives and 14 getting injured.
The gunman has been identified as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, who fired at Buford’s bar on West 6th Street in Austin in the early hours of March 1. Multiple reports have said that the attacker was donning a sweatshirt featuring text that read "Property of Allah" over a shirt that had the Iranian flag on it.
Besides, FBI San Antonio Acting Special Agent in Charge Alex Doran said during a media conference, “Obviously, it’s still way too early in the process to determine an exact motivation, but there were indicators on the subject and then his vehicle that indicate a potential nexus to te**orism.”
