Donald Trump Slammed for ‘War-Mongering’ Truth Social Posts Amid Escalating Iran Crisis
Donald Trump’s latest posts on Truth Social regarding the escalating conflict in Iran have sparked widespread backlash, with critics accusing the former president of “war-mongering.”
Tensions in the Middle East have intensified rapidly since Israel began launching strikes on Tehran on June 13. Although the United States has so far remained officially uninvolved, Iran has retaliated with missile attacks—some reportedly breaching Tel Aviv’s Iron Dome defense system.
Amid this volatile situation, Trump has taken to his social media platform to issue a series of provocative statements. He has warned that Iran must agree to a new nuclear deal “now,” or face what he described as “more strikes and further death.”
His rhetoric has drawn fierce criticism from political opponents, international observers, and even some members of his own party, who argue that such inflammatory language could worsen an already dangerous conflict.
The POTUS has been calling on the country to sign a nuclear deal with the group of world powers known as the P5+1 – which includes the US, UK, Germany, France, China, and Russia, who’ve all been in negotiation with Iran in regards to its nuclear program since 2006.
Donald Trump has been accused of war-mongering (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
And now, Trump’s latest post on Tuesday (June 17) evening on the developing conflict has sparked both outrage and concern.
He wrote: “We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran. Iran had good sky trackers and other defensive equipment, and plenty of it, but it doesn’t compare to American made, conceived, and manufactured ‘stuff.’ Nobody does it better than the good ol’ USA.”
In a follow up post, he added: “We know exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding. He is an easy target, but is safe there – We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now. But we don’t want missiles shot at civilians, or American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
In another he simply added: “Unconditional surrender.”
However, on Twitter, these comments likely haven’t had the positive support Trump was hoping for.
People on social media condemned Trump’s latest comments on Iran(Suzanne Plunkett-Pool/Getty Images)
One user said: “Why don’t you bring our military home and fix America like you promised. So disappointed I voted for you.”
Another added: “You guys are f****** clowns!!! Stop the war-mongering bs!!”
A third added: “The President is impairing the dignity of his presidency as well as the national honor by this kind of rhetoric, in my view.”
With another commenting: “We voted for peace, we got a warlord, Thanks Trump.”
And fifth person simply writing: “Our so-called President is out of his mind.”
