President Donald Trump gave a speech at a private fundraiser that divulged the details of his assassination of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani on Friday evening–but did not mention any “imminent threat” that his administration has cited as the reason for Soleimani’s killing.
On Saturday, CNN obtained audio of the fundraiser, which was held at Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
In the audio, Trump is heard telling donors that he had decided to order a drone strike on Soleimani because the military leader was “saying bad things about our country.”
“How much of this shit do we have to listen to?” the President said in his speech. “How much are we going to listen to?”
The “threat” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other top administration officials have claimed Soleimani posed to the U.S. did not come up in Trump’s remarks, CNN reported.
Ever since Soleimani’s assassination on January 3, Trump, Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper have made vague and inconsistent claims to the public about Soleimani’s alleged planned attacks against the U.S.
Democrats have slammed Trump’s authorization of the strike as unnecessary aggression toward Iran, and even GOP Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rand Paul (R-KY) criticized the move after the administration gave lawmakers what Lee called “probably the worst briefing I’ve seen” on the strike.
Trump had Soleimani killed because he was terrified of the Iraq embassy becoming a Benghazi-type event, so he lashed out to look strong. What he ignored was that Benghazi was only a major thing because Fox and their fellow propagandists made it that, and they never would have turned their lying spotlight on him.
Trump killed him because he’s always wanted to kill people. He’s a fucking sadist. It’s part of the disease. He wanted to kill people and now he can. It’s really as simple as that. See, sanctions don’t give him a stiffy. Strategically isolating a country doesn’t do it either. Not even his famous deal-making. Killing. That’s the real kick. And he’s getting a taste for it.
Although I want him gone more than anything, just imagine if he had a Democratic Congress with Harry Reid in charge. And yes, he is indeed getting a taste for it, which means we’re in for more. The lying about the 11 soldiers? Not a peep.
FIFY!
Moscow McConnell and Willliam Barr are accessories.
There is a reason that security companies portray burglars on TV with the mask/get-up. It symbolizes “crook”.
For some reason, the business-suit seems to hide that kind of thing. In the case of Barr and McConnell, I am sorry for that.
That, plus (1) mastery of legalese (Barr) (2) Senate-ese (McConnell) and (3) reptilian “calm” goes a long way for these two profoundly evil men.