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Trump in 2011: Obama will use war with Iran to get re-elected
Axios ^ | Jan 3, 2020 | Marisa Fernandez

Posted on 06/14/2025 11:42:56 AM PDT by Kazan

Then-citizen Donald Trump predicted in November 2011 video that then-President Barack Obama would start a war with Iran in order to get re-elected in 2012.

"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 re-elected, and as sure as you're sitting there, is to start a war with Iran."

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TOPICS: Extended News; Iran; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bidenvotersdisagree; concerntroll; iran; iranfan; israel; neocons; neonazis; netanyahu; obama; trump; trumpalreadyelected; war
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Trump needs to be very careful not to get us directly involved in a war with Iran or this comment will be used against him.

The last thing Trump and the base of the party needs is a war that will undermine his domestic agenda, which he was given the mandate to implement.

1 posted on 06/14/2025 11:42:56 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: Kazan

Trump is worried about being reelected? Make this stupidity stop.


2 posted on 06/14/2025 11:46:12 AM PDT by eclectic (Liberalism is a mental disorder)
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To: eclectic
He should be worried about getting us involved in a war, one like that ones we got involved in Iraq, derailing his domestic agenda.

If you're don't grasp, you're stupid.

3 posted on 06/14/2025 11:48:11 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: eclectic
Trump is worried about being reelected? Make this stupidity stop.

Jumped right out, didn't it?

These people are truly insane.

4 posted on 06/14/2025 11:48:49 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: Kazan

If Trump was going to get is into a war, he would have attacked to begin with. Why do you think he has been talking so much to Putin? Putin is keeping Iran in check as it pertains to anything they would try to do to us.


5 posted on 06/14/2025 11:49:20 AM PDT by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th and 47th President of the United States of America!)
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To: Kazan

Tucker Carlson’s statement on the Israeli attack: “drop Israel. Let them fight their own wars ... What happens next will define Donald Trump’s presidency.”

https://x.com/MLiamMcCollum/status/1933555069535859011


6 posted on 06/14/2025 11:50:16 AM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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To: Kazan

Matt Walsh:

“Israel is its own country and perfectly capable of taking care of itself. We do not need to be involved in this and should not be. Our country is under invasion. Our cities are besieged by crime and dysfunction. Those are the problems we should be focused on fixing. Our people need to be protected and prioritized by the leaders we’ve elected. America first. Always”

https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1933636866458177665


Thomas Massie

“Israel doesn’t need US taxpayers’ money for defense if it already has enough to start offensive wars. I vote not to fund this war of aggression.”

https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1933518807718564109


7 posted on 06/14/2025 11:52:02 AM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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To: Kazan
Trump needs to be very careful not to get us directly involved in a war with Iran or this comment will be used against him.

I think DJT is well aware of this.

8 posted on 06/14/2025 11:52:42 AM PDT by Captain Walker ("It is infinitely better to have a few good Men, than many indifferent ones." - George Washington)
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To: Kazan

Totally irreverent. Apples to Oranges


9 posted on 06/14/2025 11:53:41 AM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: eclectic

“””Trump is worried about being reelected? Make this stupidity stop.”””

I won’t be voting for President Trump in 2028. Of course neither will anyone else.


10 posted on 06/14/2025 11:55:55 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Kazan

Has anyone noticed that North Korea has been relatively quiet for awhile? I wonder why that is.


11 posted on 06/14/2025 11:57:12 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I’ll take a wait and see...)
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To: Kazan

Take out the Iranian dictators with their nuclear bomb and ICBM factories. USAF, just one or two days, no invasion troops on the ground.

We’re not going in there. But our USAF assistance now will elminate the threat to America and.. yes, it will give the Iranian people the opportunity to figure out how to (hopefully) establish a sane and peaceful government that will enable the Iranians to build good futures for themselves .. and that won’t threaten America or any other countries. We can hope. Iranians tend to be quite intelligent and they’re also quite diverse — many, most Iranians don’t wish to be subject to this insane Sheeite dictatorship or any similar regime Hellbent on destruction.


12 posted on 06/14/2025 12:00:39 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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Rand Paul:

“The American people overwhelming oppose our endless wars, and they voted that way when they voted for Donald Trump in 2024...”

https://x.com/RandPaul/status/1933472805913288771


13 posted on 06/14/2025 12:05:48 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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To: Its All Over Except ...

We aren’t at war as far as I can tell.


14 posted on 06/14/2025 12:08:48 PM PDT by lasereye
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To: Kazan

If Iran attacks US bases in Iraq, Trump will retaliate.


15 posted on 06/14/2025 12:09:41 PM PDT by microgood
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To: eclectic

Axios is fake news as reliable as CNN. Bammy’s purpose was to enrich and empower the mad mullahs.

How about reminding its readers that to iran, the US is the big Satan. Kinda’ threatening eh?

Among PDJT’s campaign promises was to make sure iran didn’t achieve nuclear strike capability.

Promises made promises kept, just as we expect.

Let the pearl clutchers clutch their pearls.


16 posted on 06/14/2025 12:14:09 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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For once, that is true. Many of us voted against another war.


17 posted on 06/14/2025 12:15:27 PM PDT by madison10
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To: lasereye

Strawman.

MAGA not only doesn’t want the US to directly bomb Iran, but as we can see with what Carlson, Walsh, Paul, Massie, and dozens other influences and elected politicians MAGA agrees with them and doesn’t want the U.S. involved in arming or helping them against Iran.

MAGA wants 100% to stay out of this.

Buy keyboard warriors, Lindsey Graham, John Bolton, etc, will no doubt disagree.


18 posted on 06/14/2025 12:16:31 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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To: faithhopecharity

How did that work out with Iraq some 20 years later? They still want death to America.


19 posted on 06/14/2025 12:20:06 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Kazan
Obama's father, Indonesian stepfather and madrasa school were Sunni. So why does Obama love Iran, which is Shiite? Obama loves Iran because he hates Israel. Iran is on the verge of getting nukes, and Iran will use them on Israel as soon as they are able.
20 posted on 06/14/2025 12:23:48 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism. )
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