{"id":3626,"date":"2026-07-07T14:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T14:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=3626"},"modified":"2026-07-07T14:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T14:09:11","slug":"trumps-rhetoric-now-sounds-eerily-similar-to-putins-ukraine-invasion-retired-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=3626","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s rhetoric now sounds ‘eerily’ similar to Putin’s Ukraine invasion: retired general"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following Donald Trump dismissing questions about the Iran war quagmire the U.S. is stuck in during a press availability preceding NATO talks in Turkey, retired United States Army Lieutenant General Mark Hertling pounced on the president for parroting Russian strongman Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

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After live coverage of the question and answer period concluded on MS NOW, host Stephanie Ruhle noted, \u201cGeneral, let’s start right there with the president’s comments with regard to the war with Iran; he said, it is \u2018not even a war, it’s just a military operation.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he called it a \u2018special military operation,’ which sounds eerily familiar to what President Putin was calling the invasion in Ukraine,\u201d Hertling shot back.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is a war, Stephanie,\u201d he continued. \u201cI mean, it meets every definition of war that I’ve ever read in history books or doctrine or military theory. So it’s just a canard that he’s throwing out there to say, \u2018yeah, this is no big deal, we won, everything’s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut last night we saw more ships being struck by Ukrainian drones or, excuse me, Iranian drones. It’s just a mishmash of information that he\u2019s passing off to the press,\u201d he accused.<\/p>\n

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