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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  • Railcar8095@lemmy.world
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    I mean, if they had the chance, Iran would have assassinated him. And several dozen other countries, a few million of his citizens and many of his close relatives.

    Whether they had actually tried or not is anybody’s guess, but he didn’t seem to mind the last assassination attempt, which is an interesting shower thought.

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    [X] doubt

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

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    Ok, I see this happened, AND wtf is FBI doing pushing the USA into war? When did that become part of their job? Do they think they are the CIA now?