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Based on reporting from March 2026, Donald Trump did not literally state that Barack Obama personally started a war with Iran 47 years ago (which would have been roughly 1979, when Obama was a high school student).
Instead, the phrase stems from a mix of rhetoric where Trump argued that the Iranian regime has been "at war" with the US for 47 years—dating back to the 1979 Iranian Revolution and embassy hostage crisis—and subsequently blamed his predecessors, including Obama, for failing to stop it.
- Google AI
Trump didn't say Obama started any "Iran war" 47 years ago.
He said: “For 47 years, no president was willing to do what I’m doing” — meaning strong action now amid tensions since the 1979 Iranian Revolution/hostage crisis (exactly 47 years back from 2026).
- Grok
So as usual, MR is the one lying. 9_9