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In a Monday morning tweet, Pres. Donald Trump chose to be sarcastic about Sen. Cory Booker cancelling his campaign for president and dismissive about concerns that his decision to kill Qassem Soleimani is a serious protocol issue that potentially violates international laws. The latter disregards a week of fallout with Congress over not being notified of the strike and the anger of Iranian protestors who want the U.S. to leave their country. Yet, Trump is justifying his decision to take out the Iranian leader based on Soleimani being a bad actor for years. "The Fake News Media and their Democrat Partners are working hard to determine whether or not the future attack by terrorist Soleimani was “imminent” or not, & was my team in agreement. The answer to both is a strong YES., but it doesn’t really matter because of his horrible past," wrote Trump. NBC reports he approved of killing Qassem Soleimani 7 months ago in response to Irans shooting dow...

Ambassador John O'Brien (The Slice): American citizens, politicians and the rest of the world  are questioning  if the U.S. drone strike that killed an Iranian general was justified.  The man who replaced John Bolton as National Security Advisor and Ambassador, John O'Brien was designated to provide answers to press on Friday. He addressed critical questions with regard to both  Pres. Donald Trump's reasoning and his rights as Commander-in-Chief in ordering an attack  to thwart terrorism that has major implications in international affairs.  Trump said Friday that  Soleimani  was plotting "imminent and sinister attacks," a claim backed by Sec. of State Mike Pompeo. Iran has promised there will be repercussions.  There are conflicting views on when and how Iran will retaliate (whether in the form of a physical or cyber attack). The response can be unpredictable. But, Trump said the U.S. stands ready come what may, although he doe...