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

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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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