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Trump, Republican allies conveniently forget Iran's 2020 offenses
As Donald Trump and his allies suggest Iran was too intimidated to launch offenses under his leadership, they're counting on people to have short memories.
Remember when Iran and its proxies attacked American and allied interests during Trump’s first term? And Trump did nothing except belittle U.S. troops’ injuries? And Veterans of Foreign Wars demanded an apology? And he ignored them?
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-06-17T15:37:00.267Z
Because it really wasn't that long ago: tinyurl.com/4684fs8t
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-republican-allies-conveniently-forget-irans-2020-offenses-rcna147881
Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel on Saturday, though they didn’t have much of an impact: Defense systems thwarted the attack, and no one was killed.
Nevertheless, Donald Trump did what he always does: He blamed his own country, while claiming the violence wouldn’t have occurred if he were in the White House. The Hill reported:
Former President Trump on Saturday ripped into President Biden over Iran’s recent attack against Israel, arguing it would not be occurring if were still in the Oval Office. “I want to say God bless the people of Israel — they’re under attack right now,” Trump said Saturday during a rally in Schnecksville, Penn. “That’s because we show great weakness. This would not happen.”
Oddly enough, during the event, Trump tried to say that the United States shows “great weakness,” but he ended up saying “great weaknicks.”
....Circling back to our earlier coverage, I’m reminded of a New York Times report from a few months ago that explained, “In fact, Iran and its proxies did attack American and allied interests during Mr. Trump’s presidency.”
In March 2020, for example, two American service members and a British soldier were killed in a rocket attack on a military base in Iraq, and the U.S. believed Iran-backed militia groups were most likely behind the assault. A few months earlier, a barrage of rockets killed an American contractor and wounded four American service members in Kirkuk, Iraq.
NBC News reported in September 2020, in the months that followed, militia groups — believed to be backed by Iran — continued to target U.S. military bases, and the frequency of those attacks increased throughout Trump’s final year in the White House.....
My point is not to blame Trump for the attacks that occurred on his watch. Rather, my point is that when Trump tries to blame his own country’s leaders for foreign violence, and says such violence would “never” happen if he were in office, we know this is ugly and unnecessary nonsense, intended to persuade people who don’t remember what happened just four years ago.
Nevertheless, Donald Trump did what he always does: He blamed his own country, while claiming the violence wouldn’t have occurred if he were in the White House. The Hill reported:
Former President Trump on Saturday ripped into President Biden over Iran’s recent attack against Israel, arguing it would not be occurring if were still in the Oval Office. “I want to say God bless the people of Israel — they’re under attack right now,” Trump said Saturday during a rally in Schnecksville, Penn. “That’s because we show great weakness. This would not happen.”
Oddly enough, during the event, Trump tried to say that the United States shows “great weakness,” but he ended up saying “great weaknicks.”
Link to tweet
....Circling back to our earlier coverage, I’m reminded of a New York Times report from a few months ago that explained, “In fact, Iran and its proxies did attack American and allied interests during Mr. Trump’s presidency.”
In March 2020, for example, two American service members and a British soldier were killed in a rocket attack on a military base in Iraq, and the U.S. believed Iran-backed militia groups were most likely behind the assault. A few months earlier, a barrage of rockets killed an American contractor and wounded four American service members in Kirkuk, Iraq.
NBC News reported in September 2020, in the months that followed, militia groups — believed to be backed by Iran — continued to target U.S. military bases, and the frequency of those attacks increased throughout Trump’s final year in the White House.....
My point is not to blame Trump for the attacks that occurred on his watch. Rather, my point is that when Trump tries to blame his own country’s leaders for foreign violence, and says such violence would “never” happen if he were in office, we know this is ugly and unnecessary nonsense, intended to persuade people who don’t remember what happened just four years ago.
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