U.S. President Donald Trump attends a roundtable on the Ratepayer Protection Pledge in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) on the White House campus in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 4, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Political analysts and observers roasted President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he went on another "insane lying" spree about his war in Iran.
Trump was asked during a roundtable at the White House about his reasons for striking Iran in coordination with Israeli forces over the weekend. The president and his administration have offered shifting rationales for the strikes, ranging from Iran posing an imminent threat to the U.S. to the country's continued enrichment of uranium, which is required to make a nuclear weapon.
"If we didn't strike, they would have had a nuclear bomb within two weeks," Trump said during the roundtable on Wednesday. "If we didn't do the B-2 attack a number of months ago, they would have a nuclear weapon. When crazy people have a nuclear weapon, bad things happen. We're in good shape now. I want to let you know that."
Trump's statements ignited a firestorm of criticism on social media.
"Insane lying that makes Bush and Cheney look honest about Iraq," Zeteo News founder Mehdi Hasan posted on X.
"This is a lie that is totally unsupported by any credible intelligence," Dylan Williams, vice president of government affairs for the Center for International Policy, posted on X. "If he believes this, then he started this war and is making decisions in it based on delusions rather than facts, and is manifestly unfit to serve as Commander in Chief."
"This is just absolute, unequivocal bulls---," former Obama staffer Tommy Vietor posted on X. "The IAEA says this is a lie. The UN says it's a lie. The US intelligence community can't back up this assertion, nor can the Israelis. This is as bad as claims that Iraq had WMDs, if not worse."
"No intelligence assessment has said that this is remotely true," Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) posted on X.
"Last week, Trump again told Congress and the country that his strikes on Iran last year 'obliterated' Iran's nuclear weapons program," Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) posted on X. "Today he says they were two weeks away from a bomb, something his Administration has not supported with intelligence. More lies about the war."
"But I thought they totally 'obliterated' their nuclear program last summer," political commentator Jo Carducci posted on X.