US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran was responsible for starting the conflict with the United States. Iran started the war with us." Trump also criticized the ceasefire between Washington and Tehran as a "waste of time" and claimed that Iran has missile capabilities that allow it to target Europe and the US.
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US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran was responsible for starting the conflict…: US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran was responsible for starting the conflict with the United States.
Iran started the war with us." Trump also criticized the ceasefire between Washington and…: Iran started the war with us." Trump also criticized the ceasefire between Washington and Tehran as a "waste of time" and claimed that Iran has missile capabilities that allow it to target Europe and the US.
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Trump claims Iran 'started' war with US
27 October 2026 06:30 GMT
US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran was responsible for starting the conflict and called a ceasefire between the two a "waste of time".
"We didn’t start the war with Iran. Iran started the war with us," he said during a rally in Corinth, Mississippi.
When talking about the ceasefire between Washingtom and Tehran, Trump said: "We did a little ce'asefire, which I never liked very much,” he said. “We wanna be nice, but it was just a waste of time as far as I’m concerned."
The American president also claimed that Iran has missile capabilities that allow it to target Europe and the US. "They’d hit San Diego, they’d hit Los Angeles, they’d hit our cities too," he added.
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