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Donald Trump ripped up the Iran deal in his first term, and then his second term decided to make war that was completely unnecessary

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Abdul El-Sayed, at Michigan U.S. Senate General Election Debate 1 (WOOD TV8)

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Why we checked itClaims Trump initiated an 'unnecessary war' in his second term — a specific factual assertion about military action taken during Trump's second term that is verifiable against the public record
What we foundThe factual core of the claim — that Trump withdrew from the Iran deal in his first term and initiated a war with Iran in his second term — is strongly supported by multiple independent sources; however, the characterization of the war as 'completely unnecessary' is a normative judgment that cannot be verified as fact.
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