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Flashback: Trump Warned That a 'Weak' and 'Ineffective' President Would Start a War With Iran to 'Get Re-elected'

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Trump is notorious for having foreshadowed the worst of his presidency on his Twitter account. But even by the standards of “there’s always a tweet,” Trump’s ideation about a president launching a conflict with Iran to boost his domestic standing is extraordinary.Trump first began warning of a politically motivated war with Iran more than eight years ago, shooting a video at his desk in Trump Tower in November of 2011, in which he denounced the “outrage” of launching “a war in order to get reelected — and I believe that’s going to happen.”See moreTrump on Nov. 16, 2011:“Our president will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate. He's weak and he's ineffective. So the only way he figures that he's going to get reelected — and as sure as you're sitting there — is to start a war with Iran.”— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport)Trump repeated this warning — in pithier form — on Twitter just a few weeks later:See moreIn order to get elected, will start a war with Iran.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)Trump picked up the warning again with a pair of tweets in October 2012, in the heat of that year’s presidential campaign:See moreNow that Obama’s poll numbers are in tailspin – watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran. He is desperate.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)See moreDon't let Obama play the Iran card in order to start a war in order to get elected–be careful Republicans!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)Despite Obama being re-elected, soundly defeating Mitt Romney, without a conflict in the Persian Gulf, Trump did not let go of his theory that the commander in chief would use his war powers against Iran for political gain:See moreI predict that President Obama will at some point attack Iran in order to save face!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)See moreRemember what I previously said–Obama will someday attack Iran in order to show how tough he is.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)Trump continued beating this drum into November of 2013, because of Obama’s alleged inability to negotiate with Iran.See moreRemember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)Here we sit now, as a nation, some five years later. Trump has ripped up the Iran nuclear deal that Obama negotiated. And he has assassinated an Iranian commander — threatening to spark another war in the Middle-East — just as Trump’s own reelection prospects look dim.The White House insists the strike that killedPerhaps the president’s actions are above fully above board and serve the national interest.Or perhaps we’re now facing what Trump warned of all the way back in 2011 — an outrage.Share This© 2022 PMC. All rights reserved.

Trump is notorious for having foreshadowed the worst of his presidency on his Twitter account. But even by the standards of “there’s always a tweet,” Trump’s ideation about a president launching a conflict with Iran to boost his domestic standing is extraordinary.Trump first began warning of a politically motivated war with Iran more than eight years ago, shooting a video at his desk in Trump Tower in November of 2011, in which he denounced the “outrage” of launching “a war in order to get reelected — and I believe that’s going to happen.”See moreTrump on Nov. 16, 2011:“Our president will...

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