President Trump Responds to Report Claiming US is Responsible For Missile Strike on Iranian Elementary School (VIDEO)
President Trump on Wednesday stopped to chat with reporters on the South Lawn before departing for Ohio and Kentucky.
The president is traveling to Reading, Ohio, to visit pharmaceutical manufacturing company Thermo Fisher to tout lower drug prices.
A reporter asked President Trump about a new report that claims the United States is responsible for a deadly missile strike on an Iranian elementary school.
Earlier Wednesday, The New York Times reported that the US is responsible for a missile strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed 175 people.
The Associated Press reported that on February 28, missile strikes hit the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school.
According to a report, the missile strike on the elementary school was the result of a ‘targeting mistake.’
Breaking News: The U.S. was responsible for a missile strike on an Iranian school, an ongoing military investigation found. The inquiry said the strike — which Iranian officials said killed at least 175 people — was the result of a targeting mistake. https://t.co/88FIdIJOQi
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 11, 2026
“It’s one of the most devastating single military errors in recent decades,” The New York Times reported.
An ongoing US military investigation has determined that the US is responsible for the Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school because of a targeting mistake.
It’s one of the most devastating single military errors in recent decades. https://t.co/y8UwVt278D
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) March 11, 2026
A reporter asked President Trump about the New York Times’ report on the US strike on the elementary school.
“I don’t know about that,” President Trump said before walking away.
WATCH:
Reporter: As Commander-in-Chief, do you take responsibility for the U.S. striking an Iranian elementary school?
President Trump: “I don’t know about that.”
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