The Onion

(Washington DC) On Friday evening, Americans were surprised when the president made remarks at a fundraising dinner, saying Democrats were currently conducting troop landings in Iran, with 500,000 total troops to be deployed over the next year. Trump said he disapproves of the move.

“They told me, he said in remarks. “They told me… five hundred thousand, five hundred thousand… I told them no but you can’t say no to these people, they won’t take it… they won’t take it so they’re landing. Lying Chuck Schumer and Nasty Nancy, they’re invading Iran. And of course we have to lead these troops, to victory, but we didn’t land them, they did.”

“This is inherently not true,” said Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer. “I don’t have command of the military. I can barely control my own party. This is a lie to escape the blame if it fails, and take credit if it works.”

Still, Americans are divided on who is to blame for the invasion. Leo Sturbgetter, a cow detangler in rural Mississippi, said “Fox news is saying Democrats are taking us to war. They stole Donald’s war! They better hope the president can save them from defeat by winning bigly.”

The military press office could not confirm who was in charge of the Iran operation at press time.