Thread by @SethAbramson

*TIMELINE*

1️⃣ Netanyahu learns he'll be indicted.
2️⃣ Netanyahu demands Iran destabilization.
3️⃣ Mossad says Soleimani must be killed.
4️⃣ Pompeo urges Soleimani strike.
5️⃣ Trump-Netanyahu call.
6️⃣ Pompeo made liaison to Netanyahu.
7️⃣ Soleimani killed.
8️⃣ Trump: "imminent threat."

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9️⃣ Israeli media says strike helps Netanyahu.
1️⃣0️⃣ Trump: No casualties.
1️⃣1️⃣ Media says ISIS—not Iran—behind attack justifying Soleimani strike.
1️⃣2️⃣ Iraq says US never asked about ISIS responsibility.
1️⃣3️⃣ Casualty count: 109.
1️⃣4️⃣ Trump calls TBIs "headaches."

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1️⃣5️⃣ Revelation: Trump authorized Soleimani strike in mid-2019.
1️⃣6️⃣ Revelation: Trump signed pact with UAE days before 2019 authorization.
1️⃣7️⃣ Revelation: UAE agent asked Trump to kill Soleimani in 2015.
1️⃣8️⃣ NYT: UAE offered Trump illegal election aid in 2016.

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1️⃣9️⃣ White House claim of imminent attack on 4 embassies revealed to be lie.
2️⃣0️⃣ Revelation: Trump attempted second assassination on 1/7—of Iranian only threatening to UAE ally Saudi Arabia.
2️⃣1️⃣ WH report on Soleimani strike makes no mention of imminent threat.

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2️⃣2️⃣ Revelation: Trump tells friends attack was intended to help him with impeachment.
2️⃣3️⃣ Revelation: Trump had given Marines orders to kill unarmed protestors (a war crime). Order was ignored.
2️⃣4️⃣ Callback: Trump threatened war crimes publicly amidst standoff.

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2️⃣5️⃣ Conclusion: Trump cost U.S. 109 casualties (and counting), and nearly drew America into war, to aid UAE and Saudi Arabia geopolitically, aid Netanyahu politically, and help himself escape impeachment. Then he lied about intelligence and intent to all America.