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On Monday\u2019s \u201cThe Daily Show,\u201d Trevor Noah peered into the past and consulted a prescient observer who seemed to have the best answer for why Trump has escalated tensions with Iran \u2014 Donald Trump himself from 2011.<\/p>\n
The bit came at the end of a lengthy discussion of the political and military crisis unfolding in the Middle East following a U.S. military drone strike against a convoy in Baghdad that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani. Since then, Iran has threatened retaliation, Trump has responded by threatening (among other things) to destroy Iranian cultural treasures (a war crime), and the government of Iraq wants to expel U.S. forces from the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause of Trump\u2019s extreme decisions, the world is now in a state of panic. Because the truth is, no one knows what\u2019s gonna happen. No one. We could be on the brink of war, World War 3. Or the whole thing could just fizzle out like the beef between Nick Cannon and Eminem,\u201d Noah said.<\/p>\n
Also Read:<\/strong> Golden Globe Winner Patricia Arquette Needles Trump, Laments ‘Country on the Brink of War’ (Video)<\/p>\n \u201cThe question on everyone\u2019s mind is, why would Donald Trump even bring everybody to this point? Why do something so risky? Why now?\u201d Noah continued. \u201cNobody knows. If only there was some wise man in 2011 who could have predicted why this would be happening today.\u201d<\/p>\n At this point, he rolled actual footage of Donald Trump from 2011, in which Trump repeatedly claimed that Barack Obama would attack Iran in 2012 in order to secure reelection \u2014 something Trump also did several times on Twitter.<\/p>\n \u201cIsn\u2019t it pathetic,\u201d 2011 Trump asks at the end of the video. \u201cHe\u2019s right,\u201d Noah responded.<\/p>\n Watch the clip above.<\/p>\n Read original story Trevor Noah Consults 2011 Trump to Learn Why 2020 Trump Attacked Iranian General (Video) At TheWrap<\/p>\n<\/div>\n