FLASHBACK: Trump Predicted Obama Would Attack Iran To Get Re-Elected

[enhanced_deficit]

This is being painted in some anti-war/liberal wing media segments as 'Wag the Dog" but let's not jump to conclusions and wait till all the facts come out.
Also , there are various other examples of where MAGA seems to have had a heartfelt genuine flip-flop and not necessarily politically motivated.


FLASHBACK: Trump Predicted Obama Would Attack Iran To Get Re-Elected

Justin Caruso
January 03, 2020

President Donald Trump’s Defense Department ordered the killing of top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani this week, sparking both celebration and widespread fear of another Middle East war.
During the presidency of Barack Obama, Trump warned against striking on Iran, repeatedly predicting that Obama would attack the nation to help him get re-elected.

Trump’s first warnings about attacking Iran came in 2011, when he tweeted things like, “@BarackObama will attack Iran in the not too distant future because it will help him win the election” and “@BarackObama will attack Iran,” linking to a now-private YouTube video.

@BarackObama will attack Iran in the not too distant future because it will help him win the election. If the… (cont) http://t.co/WEJd30pR
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 14, 2011
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#trumpvlog @BarackObama will attack Iran…. http://t.co/CzPyqs9Z
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2011
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In 2012, Trump warned several times that Obama may use an attack on Iran to win re-election. (RELATED: ‘The Anti-Benghazi’: Trump Tweets That US Embassy In Baghdad Is Safe, Says Iran Will Pay)
“@BarackObama will attack Iran in order to get re-elected,” Trump said in January.

@BarackObama will attack Iran in order to get re-elected.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2012
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“Just as I predicted, @BarackObama is preparing a possible attack on Iran right before November,” he said in July.

Just as I predicted, @BarackObama is preparing a possible attack on Iran right before November. http://t.co/ISaJp1xo
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 3, 2012
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“I always said @BarackObama will attack Iran, in some form, prior to the election,” Trump said in August.

I always said @BarackObama will attack Iran, in some form, prior to the election.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 16, 2012
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“Don’t let Obama play the Iran card in order to start a war in order to get elected–be careful Republicans!” he said again in October.

Don’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) October 22, 2012
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Even after Obama’s re-election, Trump continued to warn about a possible attack on Iran.
“I predict that President Obama will at some point attack Iran in order to save face!”

I predict that President Obama will at some point attack Iran in order to save face!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 16, 2013
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“Remember what I previously said–Obama will someday attack Iran in order to show how tough he is,” he said in September 2013.

Remember what I previously said–Obama will someday attack Iran in order to show how tough he is.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 25, 2013
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In November, he followed up again, “Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!” (RELATED: Behind The Growing Rift Between Russia And Iran)

Remember 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) November 11, 2013
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The attack on Quds Force Gen. Soleimani was ordered Thursday.

dailycaller.com/2020/01/03/trump-predicted-obama-would-attack-iran-to-get-re-elected/

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2017:
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Trump risks a major war in an election year– why?

Philip Weiss on January 2, 2020

Miriam and Sheldon Adelson present Trump with a menorah, Dec. 7, 2019. Israeli American Council national summit. Screenshot.

Tonight President Trump ordered a strike on the Baghdad airport that killed a top Iranian general, Qassim Suleimani, along with an Iraqi militia leader. Many experts say that this is an act of war, and Iran is sure to retaliate, as are Iraqi militias. The entire region is said to be on edge from Syria to Lebanon to Israel, fearing a “potential massive regional war,” as Sen. Chris Murphy warns.

 

[Sammy]

You are wrong.
Truman started the Korea war & he was not reelected. Eisenhower won because he was against the korea war

LBJ started the Vietnam war & he drop out in the primaries! Nixon won because he promised the end the vietnam war.
Bush won in the year 2000 because he was less hawish than Al Gore. The only reason why Bush won in 04 was because Kerry voted for the iraq war.
Obama won in 08 because he was against the iraq war. Trump won in 2016 because he run as a Non Interventionist!
If Trump starts a war with Iran this would be the end of his presidency & we will have 8 years Communist Bernie sanders as our President!

 

[enhanced_deficit]

You are wrong.
Truman started the Korea war & he was not reelected. Eisenhower won because he was against the korea war

LBJ started the Vietnam war & he drop out in the primaries! Nixon won because he promised the end the vietnam war.
Bush won in the year 2000 because he was less hawish than Al Gore. The only reason why Bush won in 04 was because Kerry voted for the iraq war.
Obama won in 08 because he was against the iraq war. Trump won in 2016 because he run as a Non Interventionist!
If Trump starts a war with Iran this would be the end of his presidency & we will have 8 years Communist Bernie sanders as our President!

Interesting info.
Not sure if you were addressing GOPA wing's stable genius leader, doubt he surfs this forum.

@BarackObama will attack Iran in order to get re-elected.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2012
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[Swordsmyth]

You are wrong.
Truman started the Korea war & he was not reelected. Eisenhower won because he was against the korea war

LBJ started the Vietnam war & he drop out in the primaries! Nixon won because he promised the end the vietnam war.
Bush won in the year 2000 because he was less hawish than Al Gore. The only reason why Bush won in 04 was because Kerry voted for the iraq war.
Obama won in 08 because he was against the iraq war. Trump won in 2016 because he run as a Non Interventionist!
If Trump starts a war with Iran this would be the end of his presidency & we will have 8 years Communist Bernie sanders as our President!

Trump knows that.
There will not be a war.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

Uk media war fear snapshot, h/t Drudge:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ENZSP2vWkAcwHp3?format=jpg

 

[Schifference]

This makes total sense. Trump recently came out against nicotine, knowing it was bad for us.

Salami is just as bad for us or worse than nicotine. MAGA wants to make us healthy by getting rid of Salami.

 

[AngryCanadian]

This makes total sense. Trump recently came out against nicotine, knowing it was bad for us.

Salami is just as bad for us or worse than nicotine. MAGA wants to make us healthy by getting rid of Salami.

So a Iranian general who fought ISIS is as bad for us or worse than nicotine then Saudi Arabia?
You Trump supporters are hopeless.

 

[juleswin]

So a Iranian general who fought ISIS is as bad for us or worse than nicotine then Saudi Arabia?
You Trump supporters are hopeless.

I think that was sarcasm but then again you can't be sure anymore these days

 

[Zippyjuan]

If Obama was against something, Trump will be for it.

 

[AngryCanadian]

If Obama was against something, Trump will be for it.

Obama signed a Nuclear Deal? with his name it! "I want to make a better deal! Trump"

 

[unknown]

Isnt it obvious by now that the POTUS and Congress essentially have no power.

Well, technically they do, but if they dont do what theyre told, theyll be replaced.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

If Obama was against something, Trump will be for it.

Not true, both opposed Snowden and both supported Israel.
Both supported military surges to mideast, pre-emptive military strikes in foreign countries.
Both got funding from globalist neoconservative billionaires.
Both were strong champions of LGBT civil rights, both support gay marriage.
Both support abortion.
Both championed diversity, civil rights, social justice, prison refom.
Both saw Abraham Lincoln as their hero.
Both showed bold leadership against anti-semitism and condemned bigotry, racism
Both designated 'white nationalist terrorism' as threat to US

There are numerous other examples.




In other news:

Trump campaign turns Iran attack into massive Facebook ad blitz, sparking Democratic criticisms

Tony Romm and Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Washington Post
January 8, 2020

President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the White House on the ballistic missile strike that Iran launched against Iraqi air bases housing U.S. troops, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, in Washington, as Vice ... more

Days after President Donald Trump ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian general, the commander in chief's 2020 campaign turned the attack into a political pitch, purchasing roughly 1,000 ads on Facebook that touted his military credentials - and sought to raise money for his reelection push.
The online advertising blitz began late Monday as Trump's team sought to defend the killing of Qasem Soleimani, a major general in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Many of the ads solicited personal information from voters that could be useful as the campaign seeks to mobilize voters on Election Day.

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ne...n-turns-Iran-attack-into-massive-14960107.php

 

[dannno]

Trump knows that.
There will not be a war.

Let's see, who should we listen to? People who are consistently right?

Or people who are consistently repeating war mongering nonsense from the CIA run mainstream media?