Report: Trump Authorized Assassination Of Soleimani Seven Months Ago

President Donald Trump makes a statement on Iran at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on January 3, 2020. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Trump administration insists that it killed top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani to prevent an “imminent” attack on the U.S.–but President Donald Trump signed off on his assassination over six months ago.

NBC News reported on Monday morning that Trump authorized a fatal drone strike on Soleimani in June.

“There have been a number of options presented to the President over the course of time,” an unnamed official told NBC News.

The report further complicates the administration’s claim that Iran was right about to attack the U.S. before Soleimani’s death on January 3.

Ever since the assassination, Trump’s top officials have been unable to explain exactly when or where Iran was going to strike.

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  1. Avatar for mames5 mames5 says:

    So much for the ‘imminent threat.’

  2. Avatar for iamwil iamwil says:

    This is becoming nauseating.

  3. I know it’s only been a few thousand years, but how long are we going to have to suffer the whims of the bloated sons of the vicious rich?

    Trump is another poor little rich boy trying to play tough. I could make him weep in 8 minutes, without laying a finger on him.

  4. Avatar for bdtex bdtex says:

    Just like everything else. Everything IS as it seems.

  5. Have yet to see a prominent journo on a major show ask why killing Soleimani meant planned attacks would grind to a halt, with the Iranians conceding absent his presence their military was toothless and castrated.

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