Trump’s Iran reversal exposes one of his most dangerous lies

Middle East,Donald Trump,Iran,US Military

Posted on AllSides June 21, 2019

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The news that President Trump ordered strikes on Iran, only to reverse himself at the last minute, provides an occasion to revisit the big story that Trump told in the course of getting elected to the most powerful position on Earth.

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