{"id":1133,"date":"2026-02-28T19:34:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T19:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8881\/2026\/02\/28\/fact-checking-trumps-justifications-for-attacking-iran-the-new-york-times-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T19:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T19:34:37","slug":"fact-checking-trumps-justifications-for-attacking-iran-the-new-york-times-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/02\/28\/fact-checking-trumps-justifications-for-attacking-iran-the-new-york-times-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact-Checking Trump\u2019s Justifications for Attacking Iran &#8211; The New York Times &#8211; The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxNc0FEU2lPQlZqZVdXYW9VN2ZxSkg1MDZtRUw2emoxQVJNRGNBV3RQaGxaeERxN3JFUF9EZi1OaHZ5cUVXQkR0bmQ1b1BnQ0xSbWZTSzhFazdVLUhNV0pYMGZOTXpoU3hmY1F3Tmg1NXhLb0RjeVJmZ1hraWFJNWtJZ1pOMWhlUTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Fact-Checking Trump\u2019s Justifications for Attacking Iran &#8211; The New York Times<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxQdDBlbHJfODNJMGpfSFlwd2Q0cHZEUWQ0Tk9YcTVDd2Qyc0tURHY3WGtTUG9fUmc1bmRpOUhuUkZjM2FaVUpXZ1pzLTJjQ0FCeEFnS09PVk9uOXEwOEhXQVJ4amxRclMwckpEZUM1R3Z4WTBNRGZIZkxfOFQxRHdnQkxFQ2FXMVdLRjhyX2FvQ3pwNFdLeGY0dm9XVVlxRzI1UUNaSFhVSjZsNEHSAbABQVVfeXFMTUNYSHgtSTMtaUFHVGx1RHJFUUZuZlBHMjJZYnlpT0NWclJOZEJya1dWY2Nuc3I1MEJGYjAxY0s4SllCZXV4Y1VnZGVtSnM5X0xkMlVLcmhsVnNGZkFNa092ZTJUdnlERWNCT1RyTEVlRGw2SFBpck5BYlA5Z3NCa2tmRlpuMHFsbmNDS2JNakZyazg0MVFkdHRnT3JpSmtXMXlEaklRdFNmeHJSOFhBbG0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Fact-checking statements made by Trump to justify U.S. strikes on Iran<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">PBS<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxOZ2ZhanJ5UnBieDVjSWlUcDI5d2VNV0t0WDZWS2lGaGhUUHJWeUd0YmFVOG0xb2E1b0diUjRVcGtSUnFneHc2NkVGUDc1M3N6SUlaV0szU1ViODVFNWxiUW45blZtckd5NkFpNGQ3ZWlHRUF1dS1RaEhDcno5TEl6VWU2d3JRRUo5aTBaMzBxNGdqWjI2QWpzT2J6bzRwSGs2TmVacWIxaC1OdzdiUTQw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Twice Bombed, Still Nuclear: The Limits of Force Against Iran\u2019s Atomic Program<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">War on the Rocks<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE9ma2gxOXBoOTVMa0JxZEQzWWxWaWl2amw0Ym9oa2VTekRvNXBNLXllVElRN1hrVzlXQllMdWRFSWJVM2xGWFpyZHFTTGRYcWFqdUhYQUhMcTVKcGF5TmR1a0tEMHhadmdqcGYzYl9RbjVmSzM1R2hVUHlaMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump advisers scramble to justify possible US military intervention in Iran<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxOQjNlUllpU18xQ0xOX3NLU01hMFZBMlU3QloyLU96dU93MVduZWk2cWl0R2NGQzUyM1hMRDMtbXkybzExaXJ0cDhIN19xdUFTY2YzV3B6ZVREM1A1ZjRudUFYck9Ud3JyeHp3N0dTRVVEVWI0YVZiZTNMcWxLakMzc2FJazRpR2lkMTdEczdoeVZuM2VaRmFmb2FWOV9BU0Jrb1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;It&#8217;s not true.&#8217; Trump&#8217;s reasons for Iran attacks questioned<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">USA Today<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fact-Checking Trump\u2019s Justifications for Attacking Iran &#8211; The New York Times&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times Fact-checking statements made by Trump to justify U.S. strikes on Iran&nbsp;&nbsp;PBS&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/02\/28\/fact-checking-trumps-justifications-for-attacking-iran-the-new-york-times-the-new-york-times\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}