Bernie Sanders has accused Donald Trump of starting a war with Iran to get re-elected

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Senator Sanders quoted a tweet from the President which dates back in 2011, in which Trump claimed former President Barack Obama would start a war with Iran to extend his presidency. Mr Sanders disagreed with the American firebrand and wrote: “No, Obama improved relations with Iran. “Are YOU, President Trump, planning to start a war to get re-elected?” Bernie Sanders’s remarks come less than 24 hours after the US President threatened Iran with a late-night, all capital-letter tweet.

The post was a response to the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's interview, during which he warned the US about continuing a hostile policy against his theocratic Government, declaring that a "war with Iran is the mother of all wars". Trump, who spent the weekend at his golf course in New Jersey, returned to the White House on Sunday and sent at 11.24pm ET a tweet addressed directly at President Rouhani. The tweet read: “Never, ever, ever threaten the United States again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before. “We are no longer a country that will stand for your demented words of violence and death.

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"Be cautious." White House staff members commented on the tweet on Monday morning and declared they fully supported it. Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told Fox News the President was not inciting a war and said: “the only person that is inciting anything is Iran.” She continued: “The President certainly uses tough language but he’s also not afraid to take tough steps if necessary.”

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said a war with Iran is he mother of all wars