Well, kinda. I recall Trump promising no NEW wars and no MORE wars.
Thing is, there’s been a war between the US and the Islamic Republic of Iran since at least 1979.
No, Congress did not declare war, so there’s a case to be made that the President (and SOW) exceeded their authority by committing US troops to wage that war. Especially after Congress demanded an end to hostilities in June 2026. However, the war still existed long before Trump ever went into politics.
So, he didn’t break his own pledge regarding no NEW wars. He might have violated the Constitution and the War Powers Act ... but that’s a different issue.
IMHO that's a reasonable comprise to try to keep both promises that seem to run against each other. No nukes for Iran, and no boots on the ground war.
By the way, Iran started attacking our cargo ships going through the Suez Canal beginning in late 2023. That's the kind of thing reasonable Americans would go to war over since Biden's tit-for-tat responses didn't stop the attacks.
Obviously, in late 2023 Iran started the war, not Trump, who wasn't even in the WH. Is it safe to say that Biden's year's worth of on-again-off-again firing back at Iran's Houthi rebels in Yemen was Biden taking us into war? Or do we reserve that accusation for only Trump because the media told us to?