'A war nobody asked for': Obama levels sharp accusation at Trump over Iran war

Speaking in Cleveland on October 24, former President Barack Obama accused Trump of starting an 'unwanted war that nobody asked for' with Iran and of abandoning the 2015 nuclear agreement (JCPOA).

He pointed to the $47.1 billion Pentagon cost of the conflict, American casualties, depleted missile inventories, and higher oil and diesel prices being felt by ordinary households.

The former president framed the conflict as a case study in how quickly foreign-policy decisions translate into costs at home, from fuel prices to military readiness.

Obama argued that the decision to walk away from the nuclear deal removed the constraints and inspections that had been placed on Iran's nuclear programme, and said the war that followed was a direct consequence of that choice.

His remarks, made at a campaign event, are among his sharpest criticisms of the current administration's foreign policy, and they come as the conflict's economic costs continue to be felt by households across the country.