This Is How President Trump's Decision To Kill Iranian General Soleimani Unfolded

Via Kevin McCarthy/Instagram, and Daily Mail: "President Trump ate ice cream and meatloaf with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday when the Pentagon confirmed that a top Iranian general was killed in an airstrike. From left: Trump aides Hogan Gidley and Dan Scavino; McCarthy; and Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday night."

Zero Hedge: "Calm, Cool & Collected": How Trump's Risky Decision To Kill Soleimani Unfolded

Multiple similar accounts have now come out over the inside the Situation Room decision-making process concerning the risky move to take out the IRGC's Gen. Qasem Soleimani, as well as how the drone attack operation played out at the airport.

By all accounts, as Soleimani traveled to and through Baghdad airport US intelligence seized upon the “target of opportunity” and moved fast to brief President Trump, who was at Mar-a-Lago. Defense sources explained to Bloomberg that Soleimani wasn't being monitored before it was known he was coming through Baghdad's international airport.

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WNU Editor: New details on what led to the decision to launch an airstrike against IRGC's Gen. Qasem Soleimani is here .... From resort amid palm trees, Trump settled on Iran strike (AP). As to how the strike itself unfolded, this is a good summary .... Tracked for years...wiped out by a drone: How Qassem Soleimani was targeted by 230mph laser guided Hellfire missile fired from near-silent US MQ-9 Reaper drone after years of intelligence tracking his whereabouts (Daily Mail).

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