That's not what he said. He said that Biden might have bombed the nuclear facility. He said that Biden wouldn't have done the things after, including the war.

Video: https://youtu.be/NuhJS1d-F6Y

Transcript: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/face-the-nation-full-transcript-04-19-2026/

"But we – he said, we obliterated their nuclear program. The question then is not about what he did in June. This war we were in now did not attack the nuclear facilities again. This was not about the nuclear."

[–] mattyroses@lemmy.today 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

And that's why I was supportive of President Trump joining in, in June to take the strikes that we had thought internally in the Biden administration we may have to take if there was a second term. We thought that the spring, summer of 2025 was probably – we may have to be there in the same place.

[–] pfried@reddthat.com -2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

As I said, that's bombing the nuclear facility. That isn't the war that started months later.

[–] mattyroses@lemmy.today 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"He was going to launch a totally different illegal war!"

[–] pfried@reddthat.com 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

That wasn't a war. The US didn't send troops to Iran or bomb any schools. The Strait of Hormuz wasn't closed. Iran got caught doing something it was hiding and accepted the outcome.

[–] KelquunDotre@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

speech-r i-am-adolf-hitler

[–] mattyroses@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

"Bombing a country isn't war!"

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