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Barack Obama and Donald Trump have this in common: Both owe their political ascents in part to blunt attacks on leaders who sent America to war. Obama dubbed Iraq “a dumb war” before it began; by the time he defeated Hillary Clinton and John McCain in 2008, the war they had voted to authorize as senators had become unpopular. Eight years later, when Trump was first seeking the presidency, many Republicans continued to defend George W. Bush’s foreign policy. He broke with GOP orthodoxy, declaring that “the war in Iraq was a big fat mistake” and advocating for an “America First” foreign policy.

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