President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that he ordered the killing of Iran’s top military commander last week to disrupt a previously undisclosed plot to attack the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad politico.com/news/2020/01/0…
This detail would be one of the most concrete revelations about the attack that appeared to bring the U.S. to the precipice of war with Iran before Trump tried to cool tensions in a national address Wednesday politi.co/35FzVvQ 
Trump on Soleimani: "We caught a total monster. We took him out. And that should have happened a long time ago. We did it because they were looking to blow up our embassy. We also did it for other reasons that were very obvious" politi.co/35FzVvQ
Trump declined to share further details about the alleged plot to destroy the embassy, answering a follow-up question on the subject by suggesting that evidence of such a plot was out in the open politico.com/news/2020/01/0…
Trump seemed to indicate it was the protesters who marched on the embassy who were trying to blow it up.
“No, I think it was obvious, if you look at the protests,” Trump responded when asked for more details about the supposed embassy plot politico.com/news/2020/01/0…
“No, I think it was obvious, if you look at the protests,” Trump responded when asked for more details about the supposed embassy plot politico.com/news/2020/01/0…
