Trump: ‘It doesn’t really matter’ if Soleimani was imminent threat

Published January 13, 2020 5:39pm ET



President Trump defended his decision to kill Qassem Soleimani, whether the threat the top Iranian commander posed was imminent or not amid his administration’s shifting explanations for the attack.

In a tweet Monday morning, Trump accused the media and Democrats of “working hard” to prove whether or not a future attack by Soleimani was imminent and whether his administration was in agreement about the strike.

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