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An old video of Donald Trump from 2011 has resurfaced, and it’s drawing a lot of attention—especially because of recent events. In the clip, Trump criticizes then-President Barack Obama, accusing him of planning to start a war with Iran just to boost his chances of re-election.
Trump said Obama was weak and couldn’t negotiate, and that starting a war would be a desperate attempt to gain political support. At the time, Trump made it clear he thought launching such a war for political reasons would be outrageous.
But now, more than a decade later, Trump himself has launched a major military strike against Iran, and people are pointing out the contradiction. Over the weekend, the U.S. military, under Trump’s leadership, attacked three major nuclear facilities in Iran—Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan—using 14 powerful “bunker buster” bombs. Trump later described the mission as a complete success and claimed the sites were “totally obliterated.”
This has caused concern worldwide. Experts fear that Iran might retaliate in ways that could disrupt global oil supplies or even trigger terrorist attacks inside the U.S. Some are also worried about the possibility of a wider war breaking out in the Middle East, with talk of World War III trending again.
Adding fuel to the fire, more of Trump’s old tweets have been dug up from between 2011 and 2013. In them, he repeatedly accused Obama of wanting to start a war with Iran to make up for failed diplomacy. He called Obama “desperate,” “not skilled,” and said he couldn’t negotiate properly. In one tweet from 2012, Trump warned: “Now that Obama’s poll numbers are in tailspin – watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran. He is desperate.” In another from 2013, Trump said: “I predict that President Obama will at some point attack Iran in order to save face!”
These old comments are now being seen as deeply ironic, given that Trump is the one who ordered a large-scale military strike on Iran while seeking re-election himself. Many people are calling it hypocritical.
During his time in office, Obama signed a historic nuclear deal with Iran in 2015, aiming to prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons. Trump, however, pulled the U.S. out of that deal in 2018, calling it flawed and reimposing sanctions on Iran.
Meanwhile, Obama has recently spoken out about Trump and the direction the U.S. is heading. Speaking at an event on June 17 in Hartford, Connecticut, Obama warned that American democracy is at risk. He said that the current political climate under Trump’s influence shows signs of leaning toward authoritarian rule, where power is concentrated in the hands of one person and basic democratic checks are being ignored. He compared it to countries like Hungary, where elections happen but fair governance and rule of law are weakened.
Obama stressed that the U.S. is not fully there yet but warned that the country is getting dangerously close to accepting behavior that would have once been considered unacceptable in a healthy democracy. His message was clear: Americans need to be alert and defend democratic values before it’s too late.
Now, with Trump facing criticism for doing exactly what he once condemned, questions are being raised not just about military strategy but about the integrity and consistency of leadership in the United States.
