"Look, for 47 years, no president was willing to do what I'm doing, and they should have done it a long time ago. It would have been a lot easier. There's no president that wanted to do it. And yet every president knew. I've spoken to a certain president, who I like, actually, a past president, a former president. He said, 'I wish I did it, I wish I did,' but they didn't do it. I'm doing it."
"Asked which former president he'd spoken to, Trump said: 'I can't tell you that. I don't want to embarrass him. It would be very bad for his career, even though he's got no career.'"
"Representatives for each of former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden said they had not spoken with Trump recently. The individuals spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss the former presidents' private conversations."
President Trump stated during a Kennedy Center board meeting that he had spoken with a former president who expressed regret about not taking military action against Iran. Trump refused to identify which former president, citing concern about embarrassment. He emphasized that no president for 47 years had taken action against Iran as he has done, claiming he is the only one with the courage to do so. However, representatives for all four living former presidents—Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden—denied having recent contact with Trump, contradicting his account of the private conversation.
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