{"id":69673,"date":"2026-04-20T14:11:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69673"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:11:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:11:55","slug":"trump-blames-himself-for-his-iran-war-fiasco-and-brags-about-hate-watching-lots-of-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69673","title":{"rendered":"Trump Blames Himself for His Iran War Fiasco, and Brags About Hate-Watching Lots of &#8216;FAKE NEWS&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Donald Trump launched his war against Iran he promised that it would be won easily and quickly. He claimed to have achieved victory just a few hours after it began. Then he claimed victory again and again and again, every couple of days for the past seven weeks. And after each declaration he resumed offensive military operations against the country he claimed to have already defeated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Trump Blames Himself for His Iran War Fiasco, and Brags About Hate-Watching Lots of 'FAKE NEWS'%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69673\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post this article on Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/intent\/compose?text=Trump Blames Himself for His Iran War Fiasco, and Brags About Hate-Watching Lots of 'FAKE NEWS'%20https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69673\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post on Bluesky<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-iran-map.jpg\" alt=\"Trump baby with Iran map\" width=\"550\" height=\"317\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69674\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Somehow Trump keeps prosecuting this war, and even escalating it to include more troop deployments and psychopathically genocidal threats against the civilian population of Iran, who he has said he is trying to liberate. <\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69499\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s INSANE Threats and War Crimes Against Iran are Dismissed by His Acting Attorney General<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the process, Trump&#8217;s massive yet fragile ego was hurt by the analysis of Middle East experts who have concluded that he launched his war against Iran at the behest of Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, So Trump posted a comment on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69367\" target=\"_blank\">his dedicated propaganda platform, Truth Social<\/a><\/strong>, to deny that Netanyahu had anything to do with the decision to go to war, and was it was all Trump&#8217;s idea. But as usual, he expects everyone to just take his word for it, despite his rock solid reputation as a pathological liar. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/trumpstruth.org\/statuses\/37935\" target=\"_blank\">Trump raged<\/a><\/strong> that&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Israel never talked me into the war with Iran, the results of Oct. 7th, added to my lifelong opinion that IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, did.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So Trump is taking full responsibility for the fiasco in Iran. That&#8217;s big of him. But he wants people to believe that he started the war because of the terrorist attack in Israel on October 7, 2023, by Hamas. Trump&#8217;s story is that he is now leading the United States to retaliate against Iran for something that Hamas did three years ago to Israelis.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the U.S. is just defending the interests of Israel, and Netanyahu had nothing to do with it? Too bad Trump won&#8217;t do that for Ukraine, where Russia has killed tens of thousands more innocent civilians. But then he would have to defy his idol and mentor, Vladimir Putin. That&#8217;s not gonna happen.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, however. was just getting started. His post went on to complain about the free press who have been doing their job reporting on the war and Trump&#8217;s maze of explanations and excuses for it. According to Trump&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I watch and read the FAKE NEWS Pundits and Polls in total disbelief. 90% of what they say are lies and made up stories, and the polls are rigged, much as the 2020 Presidential Election was rigged.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>REALLY? So Trump spends quite a bit of his time perusing the media that he holds in contempt and regularly maligns as <em>&#8220;the enemy of the people.&#8221;<\/em> And in his warped opinion the vast majority of what is reported (90%) <em>&#8220;are lies and made up stories.&#8221;<\/em> But he keeps watching and reading it anyway? He is particularly disturbed by the polls that currently show him in record low territory. Even his Ministry of Propaganda, Fox News&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE HERE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69353\" target=\"_blank\">UH-OH! Fox News Poll Spells DOOM for Trump and His MAGA Republicans in Congress<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite the accuracy of the bleak reporting and dismal surveys, Trump continues trying to deceive Americans that the news is all good. He insists that <em>&#8220;the results in Iran will be amazing&#8221;<\/em> and that he will prevail with the help of <em>&#8220;Iran&#8217;s new leaders (Regime Change!).&#8221;<\/em> Never mind the new Ayatollah is the even more radical son of the old Ayatollah, and that the same Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is running the country.<\/p>\n<p>No one knows how long these hostilities will continue. But it&#8217;s safe to say that Trump&#8217;s lies will persist for as long he presents some semblance of cognitive functionality. Which by all available indications, won&#8217;t be for very much longer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED STORIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69614\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s Outrage at Iran for Blockading Hormuz Has Driven Him to New Depths of Depravity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69316\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Unleashes a Manic Tirade Attacking Those He Says are America\u2019s Greatest Enemy \u2013 Democrats?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69021\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News Has Already Declared Victory in Iran, While Trump is Threatening \u2018Complete Destruction\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Be sure to visit and follow News Corpse<br \/>\non <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsCorpse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/newscorpse.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@newscorpse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Threads<\/a>.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>And check out my books on Amazon:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2aOYFpM\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">Fox Nation vs. Reality:<br \/>\nThe Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Thanks so much for your support.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Donald Trump launched his war against Iran he promised that it would be won easily and quickly. He claimed to have achieved victory just a few hours after it began. Then he claimed victory again and again and again, every couple of days for the past seven weeks. 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