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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLindsey Graham and Mick Mulvaney begged Trump not to kill Iran's top general
'This is over the top': Lindsey Graham and Mick Mulvaney begged Trump not to kill Iran's top general, but 4 days later he did it anyway, according to Woodward's new bookTwo of President Donald Trump's top advisers desperately tried to stop him from ordering the assassination of Iran's highest-ranking military official, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in the days leading up to the strike on January 3, according to the veteran journalist Bob Woodward's upcoming book, "Rage."
Insider obtained an early copy of the book, which is set to be released next Tuesday.
Woodward reported that on December 30, Trump told South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, "I'm thinking of hitting Soleimani," the leader of Iran's hardline paramilitary force that supports militants that attack US troops.
Trump and Graham were playing golf at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, when Trump floated the idea.
https://www.businessinsider.com/lindsey-graham-mick-mulvaney-begged-trump-not-kill-soleimani-woodward-2020-9
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Lindsey Graham and Mick Mulvaney begged Trump not to kill Iran's top general (Original Post)
Suburban Warrior
Sep 2020
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Claustrum
(4,845 posts)1. Why are they talking about a national security issue out on the golf course?
moonscape
(4,673 posts)5. For the same reason he talks about them
in the Oval Office with Russians. Or with reporters. Or with anyone pretty much who will listen.
BigmanPigman
(51,590 posts)2. Hannity or Carlson probably told him to do it though.
They are his unofficial advisors.
Turbineguy
(37,329 posts)3. If Mulvaney was against it
you know its a dumb idea.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)4. ms lindsey has a lot of "splaining to do
oh and yea he is still a kook