Trump and Pompeo have shied away from using the word “imminent” since the day after the attack that killed Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. See how the administration's public explanation of the intelligence has evolved.
Trump administration now emphasizes the deterrent effect as reason for targeted killing of top Iranian military leaderThe Trump administration’s public explanation of the classified intelligence that prompted it to kill Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Jan.
3 has evolved over the past week. President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo initially stressed that Gen. Soleimani was planning an “imminent” attack against Americans. More recently, Trump administration officials have emphasized the strike’s deterrent effect.
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