Trump has claimed that the US has lost no soldiers in five months of conflict with Iran and that it controls the Gulf, according to Middle East Eye.
Speaking to Salem News Channel, Trump said he would use force against Iran without hesitation if US ships or allies were threatened. He added that he "might do it right now".
Middle East Eye says reports and official figures indicate that more than a dozen US soldiers have died in the war. It has not given an exact number or named the official source for that figure.
Neither Trump's claim of no US deaths nor the figure of more than a dozen has been independently checked against official US casualty data. We will update this post when we have tested them against the record.