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From confusing ‘Quds’ and ‘Kurds’ to killing Soleimani: Trump’s evolution on Iran’s terror chief in Iraq

By Jerry Dunleavy
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From confusing ‘Quds’ and ‘Kurds’ to killing Soleimani: Trump’s evolution on Iran’s terror chief in Iraq

In the fall of 2015, then-candidate Donald Trump didn’t seem to know who Qassem Soleimani was, confusing Iran’s elite military Quds Force for the Kurds, an ethnic group.

But four years later, the president killed Iran’s terror chief in Iraq.

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