Published 11:13 IST, January 5th 2020
Video of Trump claiming ‘Obama will start war with Iran to get re-elected’ surfaces
A video of Trump has surfaced, reportedly from 2011, in which he claimed that the then US President Barack Obama will start a war with Iran to get re-elected.
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In aftermath of killing of he of Iran’s elite Quds Force, General Qassem Soleimani, people raised doubts regarding motive of US President Donald Trump to carry out such attacks. Though Trump asserted that it was a preemptive action to prevent deaths of more Americans as Iranian General was planning “imminent and sinister attack”, many people tried to connect it with presidential elections due in 2020.
w a video of Trump has surfaced, reportedly from year 2011, in which he claimed that n US President Barack Obama will start a war with Iran to get re-elected. Calling Obama weak and ineffective, Trump said that President lacks ability to negotiate.
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Tweets predicting war with Iran
Earlier, netizens h dug out old tweets of Trump where he h predicted an attack on Iran, ordered by Obama. In a tweet dated October 10, 2012, Trump said that Obama is desperate to get re-elected and he can launch an attack on Iran or Libya. A year later, he kept reiterating that Obama will attack Iran because he lacks ability to negotiate properly.
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But Obama never started a war with Iran and rar sealed 2015 nuclear deal and followed it by lifting ecomic sanctions. But Trump ministration withdrew from deal and imposed crippling sanctions on Iran which heightened tension between two countries.
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11:13 IST, January 5th 2020