Of course we were, won’t deny that. But Trump ordered military strikes multiple times due to “chemical attacks” with zero evidence, much like Bush with his weapons of mass destruction. I would call that Trump participating and escalating, wouldn’t you?
Regarding Iran, because something didn’t end up happening, doesn’t mean that it was a peaceful situation. Trump almost started a war, a “peaceful president” wouldn’t do such things… especially knowing it was only stopped due to people secretly doing peace saving shit behind his back and without his knowledge.