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januoro

(70 posts) Sun Jan 24, 2021, 11:04 AM Jan 2021

Trump Jr. lies, says his dad was the 1st President in modern history who didn't start a new war [View all]

Jimmy Carter, Nixon and Eisenhower didn't start new wars.
Trump Jr. is either a dumbass or lying on purpose. Below is Jr's tweet/lie and a fact-check that was done on the same exact lie a while ago:

Link to tweet

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/11/01/fact-check-trump-not-first-president-since-eisenhower-without-new-war/6086636002/

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Trump Jr. lies, says his dad was the 1st President in modern history who didn't start a new war [View all] januoro Jan 2021 OP

but, but, but llashram Jan 2021 #1

nah, just kick started an insurrection and has Y'all Qaeda ready to Jihad instead Afromania Jan 2021 #2

I guess he's not counting the war against Democracy. Zoonart Jan 2021 #3

He just kept the current ones going SmartVoter22 Jan 2021 #4

He did provoke serious conversations about Civil War II starting Shermann Jan 2021 #5

He sure did try, though alphafemale Jan 2021 #6

How about the one he started in the US. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #7

+100000 Pachamama Jan 2021 #10

Ike and Vietnam? niyad Jan 2021 #8

It is always easy to prove a Trump is an idiot and wrong.... Pachamama Jan 2021 #11

I say both Best_man23 Jan 2021 #9

Did he make the trains run on time too? Montauk6 Jan 2021 #12

. . . Junior is going to run in 2024. He's going to try to carry on "the Brand". Alex4Martinez Jan 2021 #13

Welcome to DU! Tanuki Jan 2021 #14

Yeah, I'm sure Yemenis will be forever grateful that he didn't start that but Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2021 #15

He tried: Iran. Bad Thoughts Jan 2021 #16