Video of Trump Warning 'Our President Will Start a War With Iran..."

[babylonsister]

Published on Friday, January 03, 2020
by Common Dreams
Video of Trump Warning 'Our President Will Start a War With Iran Because He Has Absolutely No Ability to Negotiate' Resurfaces
"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," Trump said of Obama in 2011.
by Jake Johnson, staff writer


"He's weak and he's ineffective," then-private citizen Donald Trump said of former President Barack Obama in 2011. (Photo: Twitter/Screengrab)

Video footage of then-private citizen Donald Trump warning in 2011 that "our president will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate" resurfaced Thursday night after the U.S. assassinated Iran's top military leader and six others in a drone strike in Baghdad, sparking fears of a catastrophic regional and possibly global conflict.

Trump, of course, was referring to former President Barack Obama, who he called "weak and ineffective" and accused of attempting to start a war with Iran to boost his reelection chances.

"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," Trump said at the time.

Obama went on to win reelection in 2012 without launching a war with Iran. In 2015, the U.S., Iran, and other major nations adopted the Iran nuclear agreement, which Trump effectively shredded last year.

Watch the clip, which Washington Post video editor J.M. Rieger tweeted Thursday night:

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[MagickMuffin]

1. Projection into the Future

I can only ask: WHY did this happen and WHAT is this happening???

The World has gone horribly wrong with the "leaders" who don't give a flip about it.

[babylonsister]

2. IQ45 is distracting from impeachment imo.

He as usual only has his self interests at heart, or whatever that thing in his chest is.

[MagickMuffin]

4. Oh it is definitely a distraction from his impeachment woes

I just hope any retaliation only effects his properties. Now wouldn't that be something.

[spanone]

3. We can expect this scenario to play out again days before the election....

I have little doubt.

[Gothmog]

5. From Prof. Tribe

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