Trump Vows U.S. Can Fight 'Forever' as Iran War Enters Day Four With Strikes on Regime Leaders
President Trump declared Tuesday that the United States has enough ammunition to fight 'forever' as Operation Epic Fury entered its fourth day with devastating new strikes targeting a key meeting of Iranian leaders. The president's defiant rhetoric came as the U.S. death toll climbed to at least ten service members, Iran's retaliatory campaign expanded to U.S. diplomatic facilities across the Gulf, and Secretary of State Rubio warned that the 'scope and intensity' of strikes will 'surge in coming hours and days.' With six soldiers killed in a single Iranian missile strike on a Kuwait base, the war that Trump said would be 'quick and decisive' increasingly looks like a prolonged engagement — even as the president insists Iran's military has been largely destroyed. The gap between the administration's confident rhetoric and the expanding geographic footprint of the conflict is raising difficult questions on Capitol Hill, where a bitter war powers vote is expected this week.
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