‘Tweets’ and old Donald Trump videos that predicted former President Barack Obama would be responsible for starting a war with Iran to ensure his reelection reappeared hours after the attack on the international airport on Friday. from Baghdad who killed the Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.
“To be reelected, @BarackObama will start a war with Iran,” wrote the current US president in 2011, the year Barack Obama was preparing for a second term.
In order to get elected, @BarackObama will start a war with Iran.
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2011
“Now that poll numbers are dropping, see him [Barack Obama] attacking Libya or Iran, ”he wrote a year later on the same social network. “It’s desperate.”
Now that Obama’s poll numbers are in tailspin – watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran. He is desperate.
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 9, 2012
“Don’t let Obama use Iran’s card to start a war and be elected. Have attention Republicans, ”he published weeks later.
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
But the president did not stop at the words, the message also came on video in the same year. “Our president [Barack Obama] will start a war with Iran because it has no negotiating skills. It’s weak, ineffective, ”criticized Donald Trump in 2011.“ So the only way to find out you’re going to be reelected – and it’s as certain as you sitting there – is to start a war with Iran. ”
This video should be playing on every screen on the planet. pic.twitter.com/QzxJR50uC3
– ? (@Chasedogman) January 3, 2020
In 2013, Trump continued to warn the Americans. “I predict that President Obama will at one point attack Iran to save himself!”
I predict that President Obama will at some point attack Iran in order to save face!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 16, 2013
Trump’s attacks on Obama’s policy came as tensions escalated between Washington and Tehran over its nuclear program. During his second term, Obama sought a rapprochement with Iran and its new president, Hassan Rouhani. Together they successfully negotiated a new measure in Iran aimed at halting the nuclear program in exchange for sanctions.
In 2018, after Trump took office in the Oval Office, the agreement between the two countries was annulled and new punitive sanctions were introduced against Iran.
United States President Donald Trump ordered the death of Iranian elite force commander Al-Quds Gen. Qassem Soleimani. The information was confirmed by the Pentagon. “By order of the president, the US military has taken decisive defensive measures to protect US personnel abroad by killing Qassem Soleimani,” the US Department of Defense said in a statement.
In response, Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei vows to avenge the death of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and has declared three days of national mourning. “Martyrdom is the reward for tireless work all these years. God willing, your work and your way will not end here. Ruthless revenge awaits the criminals who have filled their hands with their blood and the blood of other martyrs, ”he said.
The US embassy in Baghdad has already called on its citizens to leave Iraq “immediately”. The US diplomatic representation urged Americans in Iraq to “fly by as soon as possible” or “go to other countries by land.” Iraq’s main border crossings lead to Iran and Syria, but there are other crossing points to Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
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