Trump on Soleimani assassination Axios interview
In a recent interview, Donald Trump discussed the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, claiming that Israel backed out at the last moment. 'Israel, in the last moment, backed out when I killed him. It was supposed to be done with Israel. It was a joint thing,' Trump said. He added that they worked on it for 30 days and noted that Soleimani only traveled on commercial planes with many people because he knew...
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and thousands of other people, tens of thousands of other people. And I told the story the other day for the first time. You know, I was supposed to do that with Israel. And Israel at the last moment backed out. When I killed him, that was supposed to be done with Israel. It was a joint thing. We worked on it for 30 days. He only travels in commercial airlines with lots of people because he knows we're not going to shoot him down. You know, a military plane is different. And he got into the plane. Everything was on schedule. But a day before, Israel told us they're not going to do the attack. And I understood that because, you know, I was not so good for them. But I went to certain generals, not the stupid ones like Millie and some of these guys that were very stupid people that decided to leave equipment behind. I don't leave equipment behind. But I went to some good guys. I said, what do you guys think? They said, well, we can do it without them. We don't need them, sir. I said, would it be as good as just as good or better? and it was a flawless attack. Now,
