Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Fact check: Trump’s barrage of false or unproven claims about the Iran war

 https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/17/politics/fact-check-trump-iran-war

President Donald Trump continues to make false and unproven claims about the war in Iran.

Trump claimed that a former president had told him in a private conversation that they wished they had attacked Iran as Trump did. But aides to all four living former presidents told CNN on Monday that they hadn’t spoken to Trump about the war.

As of Tuesday, CNN could only find mainstream US outlets that had debunked fake videos of the Lincoln, including PolitiFact, Newsweek and The New York Times. When we asked the White House on Monday for any examples of media outlets that actually promoted the Lincoln fakes, spokesperson Anna Kelly responded with links to three foreign outlets – one Israeli, one Turkish, one Saudi – that had quoted baseless Iranian statements about having struck the Lincoln.

4 comments:

  1. Bottom line: Donald Trump WON the Presidential election.

    Bottom line: Donald Trump WON the war against Iran.

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    1. Bottom line is Trump lies and can't be trusted

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    2. I get that. Donald Trump has conceded that in the past. His modus operendi is to keepothers guessing about him.

      What is your point in describing how he does things? That part I don't get. What is accomplished by essentially labelling Mr. Trump as a wily politician?

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    3. Why be concerned with reality? is your basic question

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