One BBC star was hit with backlash after an “insensitive” remark about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
A Dragons’ Den star was hit with backlash (Image: BBC)
Dragon’s Den star Deborah Meaden sparked outrage on social media after criticising US President Donald Trump’s position on the conflict in Iran. This came after the USA joined forces with Israel to strike the Islamic Republic, after failing to reach a deal about the country’s nuclear programme. As a result, on Saturday (February 28), Trump announced that the US had started “major combat operations”.
In a video announcement, he accused the Iranian regime of waging an “unending campaign of bloodshed and mass murder targeting the United States” and claimed that its leaders had rejected every chance to renounce its nuclear ambitions. Trump then urged: “When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will probably be your only chance for generations.” The BBC star took to X/Twitter to seemingly mock the politician by re-sharing two old posts about his previous thoughts on a potential war with Iran.
Deborah Meaden mocked Trump on social media (Image: BBC)
The investor hit out at the President by highlighting his 2013 post, in which she sarcastically captioned: “Oh!”
His post read: “Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!” (sic).
In 2012, the then-businessman who, at the time, was just four years away from his first presidential term also wrote: “Don’t let Obama play the Iran card in order to start a war in order to get elected–be careful Republicans!”
The Dragons’ Den star was then quickly hit with backlash, as political commentator Kellie-Jay Keen shared one of Deborah’s old tweets about Iran.
Hitting back at the businesswoman, she furiously wrote: “This is how much you’ve talked about the Iranian regime killing 50,000 unarmed men, women and children. You are quite disgusting.”
A second X user slammed Deborah: “17 years ago.. you’re really on a role.. imagine having so much hate for a leader you look back 17 years to try and prove a point..”
A third questioned: “Have you not got businesses to run, Debroah, rather than pulling up 15-year-old tweets? Notice how everyone is saying it’s bad apart from Iranians, who are all supporting Trump.”
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“That was nearly 14 years ago. Things have changed a lot since then. For instance, you used to be respected by lots of people,” echoed another.
Despite the backlash, the multi-millionaire’s views were also supported, as one fan pointed out: “Problem with dictators, it’s never about policy, it’s what suits their narrative on any given day.” (sic)
