Soleimani Strike Was Authorized<br />by Trump in June 2019 New details have revealed<br />that . the killing of Iranian<br />General Qassem Soleimani was<br />authorized by Donald Trump<br />nearly seven months ago. The information comes from five current<br />and former top level administration officials. According to NBC, Trump’s national security advisor at<br />the time, John Bolton, urged him to assassinate Soleimani<br />in June of 2019, following Iran’s take down of a U.S. drone. At the time, Trump rejected the idea, saying it was<br />“only on the table” if Iran directly killed an American. In December 2019, Soleimani's assassination officially<br />became an option, when an attack by Iran killed a U.S.<br />contractor and injured four U.S. service members. This new information in troubling<br />for Trump, as it was previously said<br />that Soleimani’s assassination was<br />imperative, as he posed an imminent<br />threat to the United States. Trump has since taken to Twitter to declare<br />that it “[didn’t] really matter” whether<br />Soleimani was an imminent threat. Donald Trump, via Twitter Donald Trump, via Twitter
