The current president promised to keep the country out of forever wars.
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Real Time with Bill MaherOct 24, 2026
The sources show that Trump, the sitting president, repeatedly promised during his 2024 campaign to keep the US out of wars, including 'no new wars' and 'I'm going to stop wars', and he pledged to avoid 'foolish, never-ending' foreign wars.
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… I will say I believe our nominee should be a Democratic governor, whether that's me or anyone else, and that's because the president promised a lot of things. He promised he'd bring prices down. He promised he'd keep us out of forever wars, and he did the opposite. But what Democratic governors have are receipts. You can look at, have you built the housing? Have you created? No, he said, "Yeah. Oh, yeah, we're gonna have a field day with that." No, you're right. …
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Supports. Snopes rates the attribution correct: Trump promised during the 2024 campaign that the US would be involved in 'no new wars,' and the two phrases carry the same meaning as his 'no more wars' pledges.[1]
Supports. CNN's fact check concludes Trump 'repeatedly promised in 2024 that the US would not have any wars during his second presidency,' while noting he sometimes used nuanced language such as vowing to end 'endless' wars.[3]
Supports. Trump's campaign statements quoted in the sources include 'I will not send you to fight and die in a foolish, never-ending foreign war' and 'I'm not going to start a war, I'm going to stop wars.'[2][4]
Context. The sources say Trump later initiated military operations, including a conflict with Iran, which critics present as breaking the pledge; this bears on whether he kept the promise, not on whether he made it.[2][5]
Context. The claim's 'current president' refers to Trump, who the sources show holds the office in 2026. The claim matches the post's wording and departs from it in no way.[1][3]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1Did Trump promise 'no new wars'? How his NBC interview contradicts campaign pledgessnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2New Report Reveals How American Families Are Paying the Price ...budget.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 3Fact check: Trump told NBC that he never promised not to ...cnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 4Trump, forever wars, and Iraq Syndromewashingtonexaminer.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5How Trump absorbs contradictions that would sink othersrrstar.com · not rated · cited for: context
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