Donald Trump discussd the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani at an election rally in Ohio last night. The US president insisted general Soleimani was planning to attack other US HQs following the storming of the embassy in Baghdad. He said the US government made a judgement call regarding intel they received and did not have time to contact Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.
Mr Trump said: “Qassem Soleimani was actively planning new attacks.
“He was looking very seriously at our embassies and not just the embassy in Baghdad.
“We stopped him, we stopped him quickly and we stopped him cold.”
The crowd at the rally then broke into loud cheers.
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President Trump continued: “He was a bad guy and a bloodthirsty terror.
“He is no longer a terror, he is dead.
“And yet now I see the radical left Democrats have expressed outrage over the termination of this horrible terrorist.
“We got a call, we heard where he was and we knew the way he was getting there.
The crowd once more broke into thunderous applause and cheers.
Tensions between the US and Iran remain high as fears of world war 3 have not yet subsided.
A downed civilian aeroplane that crash-landed and killed all 176 passengers aboard miles from Tehran has only exacerbated the situation.
Investigations have begun to determine whether the plane was shot down by an Iran missile as the plane crash-landed the same day as Iran’s retaliation missile strike on a US base.