Tom Tyner

No matter how the US’s illegal military assault on Iran ultimately turns out, Trump’s war was lost before it even started. The war was justified by a flagrant lie and constitutes among the worst, most irresponsible misuses of American military power in modern history.

Trump’s claim that Iran posed an “imminent threat” to the US by building nuclear weapons was patently false. America’s former national intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard testified before Congress that Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon, which was corroborated by UN nuclear chief Rafael Grossi who said in June 2025 that Iran had no plans to build nuclear weapons.

Trump had no legal justification for attacking a sovereign country under the UN charter’s Article 2 (4) prohibition. ...

It should come as no surprise that Donald Trump has piled lie upon lie to justify his attack on Iran in violation of international law, constantly shifting his rationale as one lie collides with another.

The following litany of lies reveals how Trump is responsible for fueling a burgeoning war in the Middle East.

Lie #1

Trump has said consistently that he opposes and would never involve the US in regime change and nation building, calling it a “proven, absolute failure.”...

If there was ever any doubt that Secretary of State Marco Rubio is nothing more than Donald Trump’s glorified messenger boy, look no further than his smarmy interaction with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Budapest last Monday.

Rubio hailed a “golden age” of U.S. relations with Hungary, emphasizing Orbán’s strong personal relationship with Trump, and enthusiastically endorsed the autocrat’s bid for a fifth term in an April election.

To earn Rubio’s praise and endorsement, Orbán has systematically dismantled Hungary’s democracy over the 15 years he has wielded power. As far back as 2022, European Union lawmakers declared Hungary “a hybrid regime of electoral autocracy,” its undermining of EU’s democratic values taking Hungary out of the “community of democracies.”...

Historically, fascist dictators have had large images of themselves plastered on government buildings to create a cult of personality among the worshipful populace, to symbolize the omnipotent power of the dictator, and to use as self-serving propaganda to promote the dictator’s indisputable greatness.

Add Donald Trump to that list.

Trump now has three large banners with his image hanging from federal buildings, with plans to hang a fourth. ...

Last week, President Donald Trump cemented his standing as the greatest environmental criminal among world leaders, a mantle of which he couldn’t be prouder.

Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially became the Environmental Pollution Agency. The EPA was established in 1970 to protect human health and the environment. Under Trump stooge Lee Zeldin, its mission today is to endanger human health and devastate the environment.

The EPA has overturned its long-held position that greenhouse gas pollution poses a danger to human health and thus requires regulation. ...