US President Donald Trump considered that war with Iran was a simple matter for the United States, the day after his Vice President, Jay DeVance, said that this conflict was not a “war” from Washington’s perspective. In response to a question about Vance's position, Trump told reporters at the White House: "A lot of people don't call it a war. I call it a military conflict because it's a simple matter for us." As the midterm legislative elections in the United States, expected in November, approach, the US administration is seeking to limit the economic repercussions of the war, which has entered its seventh month, in light of Tehran’s disruption of maritime navigation in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Trump said that the United States is launching "intermittent strikes... but we are not fighting right now." He reiterated that the United States actually took control of the Strait of Hormuz and broke the back of the Iranian forces. “What we did was amazing,” Trump said. “We took control of Venezuela and we took control of Iran in general.” In response to a comment about considering the war on Iran a “simple matter” when 19 American soldiers were killed in it, an indignant Trump made a comparison between the war on Iran and the United States’ war, for example, in Vietnam or Afghanistan, which extended over several years. He said: “Call it whatever you want, this is not important. What is important is that we achieved great success. We prevented Iran from possessing nuclear weapons.” The US President made these statements during a signing ceremony for two decrees on beef processing, surrounded by livestock farmers who were invited to the event.