Turns out Donald Trump lied about why we almost went to war with Iran last week.
By Carol E. Lee and Courtney Kube
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump authorized the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani seven months ago if Iran's increased aggression resulted in the death of an American, according to five current and former senior administration officials.
The presidential directive in June came with the condition that Trump would have final signoff on any specific operation to kill Soleimani, officials said.
That decision explains why assassinating Soleimani was on the menu of options that the military presented to Trump two weeks ago for responding to an attack by Iranian proxies in Iraq, in which a U.S. contractor was killed and four U.S. service members were wounded, the officials said.
Trump says it doesn't matter if Soleimani posed an imminent threat
‘Squirrel’
By Steve Benen
The Republican told Fox News on Friday, “I can reveal that I believe it would have been four embassies” the Quds Force general was plotting against.
And I can reveal that I believe that the president is making stuff up as he goes along – and as a rule, those who repeatedly change their stories should probably expect some skepticism.
It reached the point yesterday that Trump’s own Defense secretary appeared on CBS News’ Face the Nation and put some distance between himself and the president’s latest claim.
Donald Trump]’s reckless and impulsive choices make him someone Americans can’t trust to make the crucial decisions on matters of taking the nation to war, and our national security.
