Wag the Dog conspiracies erupted on social media after the United States killed Iran’s top military commander and years-old posts from Donald Trump surfaced accusing then-President Barack Obama of preparing to go to war with Iran to win re-election. The prediction failed to materialize.
“Our president will start a war with Iran, because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate,” Trump said in a video posted on Nov. 16, 2011. “He’s weak and he’s ineffective so the only way he figures he’s going to get re-elected, and as sure as you’re sitting there, is to start a war with Iran.”
In the video, Trump went on to say that he was more militant and militaristic than Obama but “to start a war in order to get re-elected, and I believe that’s going to happen, would be an outrage. Iran can be taken down in many ways. Their population is in turmoil.”
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