Trump said he spoke to a former president about bombing Iran. Four denials suggest otherwise.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Trump said twice Monday that he spoke to one of his predecessors about the Iran war and that the former president said he wished he had taken the action Trump did

Link to tweet

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/said-spoke-a-former-president-bombing-iran-four-denials-suggest-not-rcna263819

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told reporters Monday that one of his predecessors told him he wished he had been the one to bomb Iran.

An aide for George W. Bush told NBC News that “they haven’t been in touch,” while an aide to Bill Clinton told NBC News that whoever Trump was referring to was not Clinton.

An Obama aide said “no recent conversations” have taken place between Barack Obama and Trump, and a source familiar with the matter said the former president Trump was referring to was not Joe Biden.....

“I’ve spoken to a certain president — who I like, actually. A past president, former president, he said: ‘I wish I did it. I wish I did.’ But they didn’t do it. I’m doing it. Yeah?” Trump said at a lunch for Kennedy Center board members.

Later in the day, Trump repeated the claim in the Oval Office, saying: “I spoke to one of the former presidents who I actually like.”

“I actually speak to some,” Trump said. “And he said, ‘I wish I did what you did.’”

Asked by a reporter to elaborate on which president he was speaking to, Trump did not specify. He said it wasn’t Bush and then said “I don’t want to say” when he was asked it was Clinton.

[FullySupportDems]

1. So the fact is a president of our country is lying to the public

And we just have to figure out which one. Right...

[surfered]

2. Trump lied? I'm shocked, shocked. Get out!

[JT45242]

3. The only President that Mango Mussolini recognizes for advice is Putin

The only one he needs... add in a couple of not presidents ... Bibi the only PM. And Bonesaw the only prince.

[RockRaven]

4. A nonworthless DC media would ask him whether he was lying or merely had been hallucinating.

Since he said it more than once, misspeaking is off the table.

[J_William_Ryan]

5. A pathetic and transparent attempt by Trump to deflect blame for his failed, illegal attack of Iran.

Clearly Trump is dishonest and stupid enough to think anyone would believe a former president would approve of something so reckless and irresponsible, even the idiot Bush isn’t that stupid.

And so Trump comes up with this moronic lie.

[Boo1]

6. The Ghost of Andrew Jackson

[lame54]

7. How hard did Obama laugh?

[some_of_us_are_sane]

8. He's a

BIG BULLSHITTER.

Our national "SNAKE OIL SALESMAN" will say ANYTHING ...and OFTEN two diametrically opposed statements in the same sentence.

Every day he's still breathing is a bad day the USA...........AND the world."

[alterfurz]

9. future tombstone epitaph:

"Here Lies Donald Trump...So What Else Is New?"

[BannonsLiver]

10. He's not lying.

I think he believes in his deluded, dementia addled yogurt brain that he talked to a former president. It’s the same energy as my great grandmother when she got close to 100 and thought dwarves were stealing her cutlery.

[spanone]

11. Speaking to the mirror.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. The only former POTUS talking to trump

[Dan]

12. Not fair - Trump was talking about Andrew Jackson.

Everyone making fun of Trump - he has a good advisor in Jackson and they have meaningful conversions. One of things that they were talking about during his last term was their views on the bombing of the airports during the war of Independence.

[Emile]

13. He was speaking to himself again.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. Trump lies

What a surprise.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

16. Former Democratic presidents haven't spoken to Trump about Iran: Sources

Link to tweet

https://abcnews.com/Politics/former-democratic-presidents-havent-spoken-trump-iran-sources/story

The three living Democratic presidents have not been in touch with President Donald Trump about his attacking Iran, sources and their representatives told ABC News, despite his boast that one told him, "I wish I did what you did."

“I don’t want to get into ‘who,’ I don’t want to get him into trouble,” Trump told reporters Monday in the Oval Office, hinting he was referring to a Democrat.

Asked by a Fox News reporter about the conversation, he declined to say who the former president was.

"Was it George W Bush?" Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked.

"No," Trump said.

"Was it Bill Clinton?," the reporter continued.

[IcyPeas]

17. Trump is a former president.

[JI7]

18. If he actually had he would have named them