Trump’s ‘Unbelievable’ 9-Word Response To Iran Question Sparks Fury Online

President Donald Trump had little to say as he returned to the White House on Sunday, one day after announcing the start of a military assault on Iran.

One reporter asked about the operation’s objectives. Another asked who Trump wanted to lead Iran since Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the attack.

Instead of answering, Trump stopped to admire new statues of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin in the Rose Garden.

“Unbelievable statues,” he said as reporters shouted their questions. “You’ll see. Come and look at them.”

Another journalist asked if he had a message to the families of the three U.S. service members killed in the conflict.

Trump just walked away.

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reported that Trump also did not speak to reporters on Air Force One during the flight back to Washington from Mar-a-Lago, as he typically does. He did, however, speak to some reporters by phone over the weekend as the operation unfolded.

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