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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Graig Graziosi

Trump’s tweets saying Obama will start war with Iran to distract from domestic failures come back to haunt him

President Donald Trump, who joined Israel in joint military strikes on Iran in the early morning hours of February 28, had some strong opinions against going to war with Tehran – before he was sitting in the Oval Office.

In 2012 and 2013, Trump repeatedly insinuated that then-President Barack Obama would start a war with Iran to shore up his re-election effort and to distract from his supposed faults as a leader.

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