Trump falsely claims no soldiers killed in five
Trump said 'nobody's been killed in the last five months' despite saluting four fallen soldiers in July
Fact Check · 4 sources · November 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM
President Trump claimed in interviews Thursday that 'nobody's been killed in the last five months' and 'we haven't lost a soldier in five months' in the Iran war. The Washington Post and The Daily Beast report that in July, three soldiers died in an enemy attack on an air base in Jordan, another died at an air base in Iraq, and a Navy captain died during an emergency landing in the Arabian Sea. Trump made the claim on Hugh Hewitt's radio show and in a separate interview with Stephen A. Smith.
“President Donald Trump has claimed there have been no U.S.”
Sources
- Trump Busted Lying About Dead American Heroes in His Own WarThe Daily Beast · tier 2 · November 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
- Trump falsely claims ‘nobody’s been killed’ in Iran war ‘in the last five months’The Washington Post · tier 1 · November 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM
- Fact-check on 6 false claims Trump made in same interview including '99% popularity'Irish Star · tier 2 · November 13, 2026 at 7:00 AM
- False claims circulate on plane crash near Trump's Florida resortAFP Fact Check · tier 2 · November 12, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Timeline
- November 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM — First source: AFP Fact Check — “False claims circulate on plane crash near Trump's Florida resort”
- November 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM — Added: Irish Star — “Fact-check on 6 false claims Trump made in same interview including '99% popularity'”
- November 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM — Added: The Washington Post — “Trump falsely claims ‘nobody’s been killed’ in Iran war ‘in the last five months’”
- November 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM — Added: The Daily Beast — “Trump Busted Lying About Dead American Heroes in His Own War”