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Trump Just Tried To Claim He Spoke To A 'Former President' About IranâBut There's One Big Problem
At one point during a meeting of the Kennedy Centerâs board, Trump stated:
"Look, for 47 years, no President was willing to do what Iâm doing, and they should have done it a long time ago. It would have been a lot easier. Thereâs no President that wanted to do it. And yet every President knew."
For those doing the math, 47 years ago was 1979. On November 4, 1979, Iranian students attacked the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage.
Iranian revolutionaries were outraged that the U.S. allowed the deposed Shah of Iran to enter the United States for medical treatment.
The siege lasted for 444 days with hostages being formally released on January 20, 1981, minutes after Republican President Ronald Reagan's inauguration after negotiations regarding the unfreezing of Iranian assets held by the United States.
Trump added:
"Iâve spoken to a certain president, who I like, actually, a past President, a former President. He said, 'I wish I did it, I wish I did,â but they didnât do it. Iâm doing it."
For many, the story gave "big, strong men with tears in their eyes" vibes. Trump and his children often relay stories of unidentified stereotypical alpha men crying as they praise how great President Trump is.
When pressed for the identity of the President who speaks to him, Trump declared:
"I canât tell you that. I donât want to embarrass him. It would be very bad for his career, even though heâs got no career."
You can see a clip of one time Trump made the claim in front of video cameras here:
There's only one problem. Representatives for former Democratic Presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden and former Republican President George W. Bush were quick to share, "Not me!" Each said they had not spoken with Trump since he decided to join Israel in attacking the sovereign nation of Iran.
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So, did Trump just lie?
His presidenciesâ45 and 47âhave been marked by constant, pervasive, easily debunked lies, half truths, and misinformation.
Or was Trump talking to himself? Technically Trump is both a former President (#45) and current POTUS (#47) since his two terms aren't successive.
Or does Trump truly believe he spoke to a former Presidentâone who heaped praise on him over his wildly unpopular decision to attack Iran at the request of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?
An inability to distinguish reality from fantasy or dreams is a sign of the dementia and cognitive decline frequently being pointed out by observers of Trump's speech, movement, and behavior.
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Whatever the causeâlying, talking to himself, or delusionsâpeople had a field day with Trump's latest unsubstantiated, widely refuted boast.
It has long been rumored that the ghost of President Abraham Lincoln haunts the White House, especially the Lincoln bedroom. It's possible Trump had a conversation with a deceased former President, as he did claim the person had no current career and never said the President he spoke to was alive.
However, unless President Lincoln has stayed up on current affairs throughout his death, he'd be unaware of what or where "Iran" or "Israel" are. During President Lincoln's life, Iran wasn't called Iran internationally and a nation called Israel didn't exist on any maps.
On March 21, 1935, Iran officially adopted its native name of "Iran" instead of "Persia" in international correspondence by decree of Reza Shah Pahlavi. Westerners used "Persia" to refer to both the region and the country for centuries, but the nation was historically known internally as Iranâmeaning "Land of the Aryans"âfor thousands of years.
While there are scriptural and historical references to Israel and the people of Israel dating back to the 13th century BCE, the modern State of Israel adopted the name upon its declaration of independence on May 14, 1948.
But maybe Abe joins Donald for his all night binge watching of Fox News, OAN, and Newsmax. Or maybe Trump just thinks he does.
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Candace Owens Posts Screenshot Of Charlie Kirk's NSFW Dig At Meghan McCainâAnd Get Out The Popcorn
Owens and McCain clashed after McCain shared the following message on X:
"Stop sharing dead peopleâs text messages - you absolute psychopaths."
You can see her post below.
Owens replied by sharing an alleged text message in which Kirk called McCain "a piece of s**t."
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Owens then followed up with a message for McCain:
"Pretending Charlie was friends with Ben Shapiro and filthy neocons like you simply wonât be happening on my watch."
You can see her post below.
The girls are fightingâand people are living for it.
Owens angered MAGA conservatives just months ago when she shared what she claimed were text messages from Kirk, allegedly written two days before his death, in which he said he planned to âleave the pro-Israel cause.â Andrew Kolvet, the spokesperson for Kirkâs Turning Point USA, confirmed that the messages were "authentic."
In the exchange, Kirk expressed frustration that his organization had âlost another huge Jewish donor,â potentially costing the group â$2 million a year,â after he invited far-right personality Tucker Carlson, who has also been critical of U.S.-Israel relations, to a Turning Point event.
The messages appeared to bolster Owens' earlier claims that Kirk had become disillusioned with the U.S.' support of Israel in his final weeks. Owens also suggested, without offering proof, that Israel may have been involved in Kirkâs death, a claim Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly called âinsane."
Trump Just Responded To Top Counterterrorism Official's Damning Resignation Letter In Peak Trump Fashion
In a post on X, he announced he âcannot in good conscienceâ back the Trump administrationâs war, adding:
"Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been an honor serving under [Trump] and [National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard] and leading the professionals at NCTC."
"May God bless America."
In an accompanying resignation letter, he wrote, in part:
"I support the values and the foreign policies that you campaigned on in 2016, 2020, 2024, which you enacted in your first term. Until June 2025, you understood that the wars in the Middle East were a trap that robbed America of the precious lives of our patriots and depleted the wealth and prosperity of our nation." ...
"Early in this administration, high-ranking Israeli officials and influential members of the American media deployed a misinformation campaign that wholly undermined your America First platform and sowed pro-war sentiments to encourage a war with Iran."
"This echo chamber was used to deceive you into believing that Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States, and that should you strike now, there was a clear path to a swift victory. This was a lie and is the same tactic the Israelis used to draw us into the disastrous Iraq war that cost our nation the lives of thousands of our best men and women."
"We cannot make this mistake again."
You can see Kent's post and the letter below.
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Kent has already been celebrated by other members of the far-right who have criticized the Iran war, particularly former Georgia Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and pundit Candace Owens.
When asked for his thoughts on Kent's resignation, Trump replied:
"Well, I read his statement and I always thought he was a nice guy but I always thought he was weak on security. Very weak on security. I didn't know him well but I thought he seemed like a nice guy but when I read his statement I realized it's a good thing that he's out."
"He said Iran was not a threat. Iran was a threat to every country who realized what a threat Iran was. The question was whether or not they wanted to do something about it. Many people, many of the greatest military scholars have been saying for years that presidents should have taken out Iran because they wanted a nuclear weapon."
"If we didn't do the attack or, I'll go a step further, if I didn't terminate the Iran nuclear deal, one of the worst deals ever made by Barack Hussein Obama."
You can hear what Trump said in the video below.
Trump was called out for his remarks.
When Trump nominated Kent a year ago, he praised him as a man who had âhunted down terrorists and criminals his entire adult life.â
Goes to show how little Trump's praise actually means.
