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Trump downplays U.S. troop injuries in 2020 Iranian attack as headaches
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-6% Negative
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The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.
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64% : Because the bombs never hit the fort," Trump responded.29% : " Taking questions from reporters earlier on Tuesday, Trump was asked if he should have been tougher on Tehran after more than 100 U.S. troops suffered traumatic brain injury in a missile attack on the Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq in 2020.
27% : "And if you were a truthful reporter, which you're not, you would tell the following: None of those very accurate missiles hit our fort," Trump said.
24% : " In the days following the 2020 attack, Trump, who was president at the time, appeared to downplay the injuries.
13% : During Tuesday's vice-presidential debate, Gov. Tim Walz called out Trump for minimizing the severity of the injuries suffered by more than 100 U.S. troops in Iraq.
10% : Responding to a question about escalating tensions in the Middle East, Walz took aim at Trump: "When Iranian missiles did fall near U.S. troops and they received traumatic brain injuries, Donald Trump wrote it off as headaches.
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