He’s the President of the United States, and thus, I have determined, must be disqualified as a beneficiary of “The Julie Principle.” (“Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, Trump’s gonna say stupid and self-destructive things by and by…”) What an infuriating, unteachable, incorrigible man he is!
From the New York Times, just reporting facts for once:
“President Trump claimed on Monday that a former president told him privately that ‘I wish I did what you did” in attacking Iran and killing its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
“Speaking to reporters at the White House, Mr. Trump would not identify which of the four living predecessors he was referring to.
“He said, ‘I wish I did what you did,’” Mr. Trump said. “I don’t want to get into ‘who,’ I don’t want to get him into trouble.”
A reporter asked if it was President George W. Bush, the only Republican on the list, but Mr. Trump said no.
What an asshole…but I repeat myself. If it wasn’t Bush, and of course it wasn’t because the Bushes all hate Trump, and we know it wasn’t Obama, whose approach to Iran was to give back billions of dollars and “trust” it the untrustworthy, Machiavellian Islamic nation. We know it wasn’t Biden either. who, if he tried to talk to Trump would only be able to get out “Bvuh?” or something similar.
That only leaves Bill Clinton, who in fact might have shared such a confidence with Trump. Naturally all the speculation on which Ex-POTUS confessed his regrets has fallen on Bubba. Also naturally, Clinton denied that he said anything of the sort.
Of course he did! We know Clinton: he would deny it if he didn’t say it, and he would deny it if he did. He’s like those competing tribes in the old conundrum, where the members of one tribe always lie and the members of the other always tell the truth. If you ask the members of either tribe “Will you lie to me?” both will give the same answer: “No!”
So there are two alternatives, both of which are unflattering to Trump. Either Clinton confessed his regrets in confidence, and Trump betrayed that confidence, or Trump is lying.
Well done, Mr. President.
Jerk.
Ethics Alarms 
Both Clintons are terrible but Bill was the President and he knew what he was doing. I’m betting he really does regret not going after Iran and said so to Trump. Why he would have trusted Trump not to reveal it in his standard stream-of-consciousness mode of communication is beyond me.
Bill Clinton missed a number of chances during his Presidency to do things of historical importance. According to AI Overview:
“Based on records and 2014-released audio, former President Bill Clinton stated he had an opportunity to kill Osama bin Laden in 1998 but decided against it to avoid killing 300 innocent civilians in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Clinton expressed regret over this decision after the 9/11 attacks, acknowledging his “virtual obsession” with catching the al Qaeda leader, who was also connected to a foiled assassination attempt against Clinton in the Philippines in 1996″.