MAGA Supporters Are Calling Trump's "No War" Promise A "Blatant Lie" After Iran Strikes

There was erstwhile upon a time, specifically during his predetermination nighttime triumph code successful 2024, erstwhile Donald Trump told a assemblage of supporters: "I'm not gonna commencement a war. I'm going to halt wars."

This was soon aft helium promoted himself arsenic the "candidate of peace," compared to his opponent, Kamala Harris. "If Kamala wins, lone decease and demolition await due to the fact that she is the campaigner of endless wars," helium said. "I americium the campaigner of peace... I americium peace."

At his inaugural address, helium adjacent described however helium volition measurement his occurrence arsenic president: "We volition measurement our occurrence not lone by the battles we triumph but besides by the wars that we extremity — and possibly astir importantly, the wars we ne'er get into."

Well, it seems helium whitethorn beryllium falling abbreviated of his ain expectations for success, considering helium launched "Operation Epic Fury" jointly with Israel against Iran, promising "devastating strikes" crossed the region. Since the attacks, Iran says astatine slightest 1,255 radical — astir of them civilians — person been killed, including 200 children, according to Al Jazeera.

Considering that Trump promoted himself arsenic a "peacemaker and unifier," immoderate are befuddled by the discrepancy, adjacent among his astir loyal supporters. On r/AskConservatives, 1 idiosyncratic asked, "How galore of you are upset that Trump lied astir 'no caller wars'?" People did not clasp backmost their thoughts. Here's what immoderate self-described conservatives had to say:

Note: These are opinions expressed by conservatives online, and not needfully fact. We are highlighting their thoughts to amusement this voting bloc's perspective.

1. "I am. I don't deliberation radical recognize however overmuch of a crap amusement the Middle East is close present and however infuriating it is for our authorities to commencement a warfare for a overseas country."

—Vindictives9688, Right Libertarian (Conservative)

2. "Absolutely infuriating indeed. 'No caller wars' is the astir blatant prevarication a president has said successful a agelong time."

—dudeabiding420, Right Libertarian (Conservative)

3. "At this point, I deliberation Trump has wholly betrayed fractional of his run promises."

4. "I truly deliberation the Republicans person mislaid truthful galore radical that supported them successful 2024 and are astir to get perfectly obliterated successful the midterms. The skyrocketing state prices unsocial are going to doom them. Not to notation the mishandling of the Epstein files."

5. "I'll beryllium honest, I person ever been successful the never-Trumper camp. I voted for Haley. I person travel to deliberation of the archetypal Trump word arsenic catching your kid smoking cigarettes. This 2nd term, wherever helium has had nary defender rails and chosen lone yes-men, I person decided, is similar saying to your kid, 'Oh, truthful you similar smoking? Let's beryllium present connected the backmost structure and fume the full battalion together.' This is america smoking the full battalion together."

6. "I americium due to the fact that I voted for him nether the pretense of him not sending Americans to dice successful wars for Israel, and I was incorrect successful that regard, I volition admit. My idiosyncratic feelings are that Americans should not beryllium sent to dice for Israel, and my anticipation was that we wouldn't person caller wars and we would absorption much connected home issues relating to immigration, affordability, healthcare, etc. I voted for wide deportations, the extremity of H1B visas, and nary caller wars. The other is happening successful that regard, and I americium precise disappointed and upset astir it."

7. "You can't instrumentality thing Trump says seriously, truthful it's not a astonishment to spot him dragging the US into an amerciable struggle with Iran."

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8. "I don't deliberation anyone is thrilled astir it speech from Israeli loyalists."

—Yesbothsides, Right Libertarian (Conservative)

9. "Time volition tell. If this turns into different 20-year, five-trillion-dollar, 7,000 American casualty warfare that replaces Taliban regularisation with Taliban rule, I volition beryllium precise upset. Right present it's excessively aboriginal to say."

10. "Don't similar that the US got progressive with Iran, but I'm gladsome the 'supreme leader' determination is gone. I anticipation for a brighter aboriginal for Iran, and a abbreviated clip of US involvement."

—Any_Kiwi_7915, Right Libertarian (Conservative)

11. "My woman said, 'I'm done with him.' She mentioned the Epstein files, successful that helium ran connected releasing those, and past abruptly didn't privation to merchandise them. After that, helium said helium wasn't going to commencement wars, particularly with Iran, and alternatively became a puppet of Israel and started this war. She acknowledged however unspeakable Iran's authorities is, but 'Why is it our work to instrumentality attraction of that? Did we larn thing from Iraq?' Honorable mention, the handling of Anthropic. 'Do we privation Terminators moving astir freely??? Wtf??!!' The midterms are going to beryllium a nightmare for the GOP."

12. "Am I frustrated? Yeah. But if you look astatine what was going connected successful Iran... this is agelong overdue. My existent vexation stems from the information that Trump is committing to blatant Russia/Ukraine-level acts of warfare without congressional oversight. It's much unprecedented worldly coming retired of the Trump administration. We're attacking overseas superior cities and authorities figures directly. Trump adjacent called it war... thing we person a ineligible model stating that only Congress tin declare."

"Ayatollah Ali Khamenei needed to go. He was an atrocious quality being. But the blatant disregard for adjacent attempting to usage a ineligible legislature model to let the dependable of the radical to beryllium heard...attacking different sovereign nation...it is frankly alarming to me."

—Jaideroy, Conservative

13. "Upset isn't the close connection since I knew successful beforehand helium was lying. I'm not mad, conscionable disappointed."

14. "Not happy. Call this a warfare oregon not, I person a atrocious feeling astir it. Very champion lawsuit scenario, we instrumentality retired each the planetary atrocious guys and manus the satellite connected a metallic sheet to the Democrats and Israel."

—j5a9, Rightwing

16. "In each fairness, I don't deliberation Trump wanted caller wars, and helium astir apt didn't mean to lie. He is conscionable anemic and easy manipulated. This was known astir him aft his archetypal term. So fundamentally it's comparatively casual for Netanyahu and immoderate radical successful the US medication to speech him into their wars."

—jaaval, Conservative

17. "I program connected protesting by voting for the different party. This 2nd term, successful my opinion, has been a failure. We won't spot wide deportations, 'no caller wars.' Trump wants lodging costs to increase, not decrease. The Epstein files. Honestly, determination are excessively galore to list. The lone bully happening helium did, successful my opinion, was the J6 pardons."

Well! That's surely a...take. What are your thoughts? Let america cognize successful the comments.

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