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The FBI manufactured plots to convince Trump that Iran sought to kill him, while Israel and its administration allies exploited the president’s deepest fears to keep him on the war path. “I got him before he got me,” an ebullient President Donald Trump remarked to a reporter when asked about his motives for authorizing the killing of Iran’s Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on February 28, 2026. With his off-the-cuff remark, Trump revealed that anxiety about his own assassination at the […]

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

[X] doubt

To be clear, my doubt is not that the FBI would be full of war hawks, but that Trump would need goading.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Right? It would be as easy as saying "Iran says their military is bigger and you're weak"