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Trump calls Brazil vote 'rigged,' says Iran started the war
President Donald Trump said Brazil's runoff 'looked like another rigged election' and repeated that Iran started the war with the U.S., as CNN reported American forces could launch major new strikes on Iran within 96 hours of an order.
President Donald Trump on Monday said Brazil's presidential runoff "looked like another rigged election," repeated his claim that Iran started the war with the United States and said Tehran now has missiles able to reach Europe, as CNN reported that U.S. forces are ready to launch major new strikes on Iran within 96 hours of his order.
'Another rigged election'
"I didn't take sides, but it looked like another rigged election," Trump told reporters, offering no evidence. "I just think it had a very bad look, the election, the way it was tabulated."
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the runoff by more than 4 million votes. His defeated rival, Flávio Bolsonaro, has refused to concede and says he will seek to annul the result after Brazil's Supreme Court extended voting by two hours. An analysis cited by Reuters found fewer than 35,000 votes, about 0.03% of the total, were cast in the extra time. Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin called Trump's remarks "totally wrong" and "unfounded."
'Iran started the war with us'
At a campaign rally in Corinth, Mississippi, for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, Trump borrowed a line from a Republican congressman. "He said that we didn't start the war with Iran. Iran started the war with us," Trump said. "But it's true. In 1979, and they were killing our people for years." The current war began on Feb. 28, when the United States and Israel launched joint airstrikes on Iran.
Trump also praised Iran's weapons-makers as "very smart people" while saying U.S. forces had badly beaten them, and claimed that Iran had developed missiles capable of reaching Europe. He did not offer evidence for the claim.
Strike plans on the table
CNN, citing two U.S. officials, reported that enough American forces are already in the region to begin new strikes within 96 hours of a presidential order. Potential targets include Iranian energy infrastructure, military sites and nuclear facilities, in what one official called "a major effort" going well beyond limited strikes on radars and missile launchers.
Some officials believe it is a matter of when, not if, Trump gives the order, with action seen as more likely after the Nov. 3 midterm elections, according to the report. Trump has not made a final decision. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been pushing for new attacks, but U.S. officials have asked him to wait until joint operations can be prepared.
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