Buttigieg won’t credit Trump for Soleimani strike ‘until we know whether this was a good decision’

By Madison Dibble

Published January 5, 2020 2:51pm ET

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Buttigieg won’t credit Trump for Soleimani strike ‘until we know whether this was a good decision’ — 2020 Democrat Pete Buttigieg claimed that President Trump does not deserve credit for killing Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. Trump ordered the airstrike that killed Soleimani after weeks of escalating tensions, following the death of an American contractor and an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq. Soleimani was responsible for the death of hundreds of […]

2020 Democrat Pete Buttigieg claimed that President Trump does not deserve credit for killing Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.

Trump ordered the airstrike that killed Soleimani after weeks of escalating tensions, following the death of an American contractor and an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq. Soleimani was responsible for the death of hundreds of American troops over the past two decades, leaving many to celebrate his death despite uncertainty in the region.

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