US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said that he had previously misstated that no American soldiers died during the Iran war, and admitted that he was wrong. In an interview on Wednesday, Lutnick said, “The way Trump is handling the Iran issue now, right? No Americans have died. In fact, this is a form of economic strangulation, and the government is currently implementing this strategy more widely. Lutnick wrote on X on Thursday that he “made a mistake”. At the time, “I was thinking about the Venezuelan military operation; no American soldiers died in that operation.” He acknowledged the deaths of 18 American soldiers and said, “Thinking about these families, I feel immense heartache and express my deep condolences for the loss of their loved ones.”

US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said that he had previously misstated that no American soldiers died during the Iran war, and admitted that he was wrong. In an interview on Wednesday, Lutnick said, “The way Trump is handling the Iran issue now, right? No Americans have died. In fact, this is a form of economic strangulation, and the government is currently implementing this strategy more widely. Lutnick wrote on X on Thursday that he “made a mistake”. At the time, “I was thinking about the Venezuelan military operation; no American soldiers died in that operation.” He acknowledged the deaths of 18 American soldiers and said, “Thinking about these families, I feel immense heartache and express my deep condolences for the loss of their loved ones.”