Trump accuses Obama of wanting war with Iran in resurfaced clip

WorldPolitics
22 Jun 2025 • 3:45 PM MYT
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Footage of Donald Trump accusing then-president Barack Obama of wanting to start a war with Iran in 2011 has resurfaced after the US president launched strikes on three Iran nuclear sites.

In a video posted in November 2011, Mr Trump said: “Our president will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate.”

Iran has said a “dangerous war” with the US has begun after Mr Trump announced that US warplanes had “obliterated” three nuclear facility sites in Iran on Saturday.