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Ex-Presidents Deny Trump Claim One of Them Regretted Not Attacking Iran
Yahoo News! ^ | Tue, March 17, 2026 | Dave Goldiner

Posted on 03/17/2026 6:58:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway

SNIP

Spokespeople for Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden all said the leaders have not spoken to Trump about the conflict, let alone told him they wish they would have started a war against Tehran or killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Trump first dropped the chatty bombshell Monday at a press event during a lunch for board members of the Kennedy Center.

“I’ve spoken to a certain president ... a past president, former president. He said: ‘I wish I did it. I wish I did.’ ” Trump said. Trump repeated the claim later during another White House event. Asked to elaborate on which ex-president he was referring to, Trump said it wasn’t Bush. When asked if it was Clinton, Trump said: “I don’t want to say.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Iran; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ayatollahkhamenei; barackobama; billclinton; carter; clinton; georgewbush; ghwbush; iran; irgc; joebiden; obama; reagan; tds; trump; waronterror

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Probably Bill Clinton, maybe also Obama, but it definitely wasn't Biden.
1 posted on 03/17/2026 6:58:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Is he talking about himself?


2 posted on 03/17/2026 7:05:57 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: nickcarraway

It could have been Reagan.


3 posted on 03/17/2026 7:07:14 PM PDT by alternatives?
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It wouldn’t be Obama. He pacified them by handing over the money we were holding from the Shah of Iran’s regime, plus he joined the Euroweenies in cutting a non-binding treaty with Iran’s mullahs.


4 posted on 03/17/2026 7:11:35 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: nickcarraway

Breaking News: All politicians lie as a defensive measure.
ALL of them, even the good ones.


5 posted on 03/17/2026 7:14:05 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t see what PDJT had to gain by making this public.

He must have known they’d all deny it.


6 posted on 03/17/2026 7:14:47 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: nickcarraway

Did they ask Nurse Jill?


7 posted on 03/17/2026 7:15:50 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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Bill Clinton - smooth liar
George W. Bush - moron
Barack Obama - another smooth liar
Joe Biden - pathetic puppet

Who would believe anything any of them would have to say?


8 posted on 03/17/2026 7:17:05 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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True, but he's all buddy buddy with Trump now.

What politicians do when they are in office is completely different from what they say when they are out of office.

Look at Clinton: After he was president, he said he should have made gay marriage legal, etc. etc.

9 posted on 03/17/2026 7:17:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Dumbasses. He was talking about himself. He must laugh himself silly after he clocks out.


10 posted on 03/17/2026 7:17:54 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Leaning Right

Well, you are wring about one thing, they are all smooth liars. Bush’s image is completely different from reality. And Obama wasn’t as smooth as you think.


11 posted on 03/17/2026 7:18:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Omygosh. Of all the things to fact check. Gutfeld is right. We don’t hate the media enough.


12 posted on 03/17/2026 7:26:14 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Texas Eagle

Trump, “You magnificent bastard”!!! LOL!!
Love it!
Guaranteed it was about himself! Funny as sh*t!


13 posted on 03/17/2026 7:34:21 PM PDT by bantam
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Throw a rock into a pig pen and the one that squeals is the one that got hit.

Must’ve been quite a ricochet! :D


14 posted on 03/17/2026 7:35:43 PM PDT by TigersEye (Are the RINOs helping the Democrats wage their color revolution?)
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15 posted on 03/17/2026 7:38:36 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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President Trump just trolled all four of them. He got them all to admit none of them would have taken on Iran. Trump might have been referring to his own first term, as he is also a former president. It might be possible that he spoke to Reagan after he left office. Reagan could have said he was preoccupied with bringing down the Soviet Empire.


16 posted on 03/17/2026 7:45:36 PM PDT by soundbits
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somebody lying as president....noooooo


17 posted on 03/17/2026 7:49:00 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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"True, but he's all buddy buddy with Trump now."

I think you mean George W. Bush, not Trump.

18 posted on 03/17/2026 8:08:55 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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They lie. But Carter is likely. If it indeed happened


19 posted on 03/17/2026 8:11:03 PM PDT by stanne
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Uh, depends on what the meaning of the word “is” is.

I did not have...sorry, say that i should have attacked Iran (said while wagging finger).

What a great president - the only one who had an El Camino with carpet in the back for his “expeditions”.


20 posted on 03/17/2026 8:12:15 PM PDT by BereanBrain
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