Fact checkers cried foul and pointed out that Jimmy Carter, president from 1977 to 1981, did not start any wars either. In 2023 JD Vance, a Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq, endorsed Trump in a Wall Street Journal article headlined, “Trump’s Best Foreign Policy? Back in 1980, when 52 US diplomats and citizens were held hostage in Iran, Trump was asked if the US should send in troops. “I don’t think there’s any question.”His fabled criticism of the Iraq war was about convenience. When Howard Stern, the radio host, asked him in September 2002 if he was “for invading Iraq”, Trump replied: “Yeah, I guess so.

Source: The Guardian March 05, 2026 17:56 UTC