One of the retweets by the president included a Photoshopped image of Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wearing hijabs. Another included the photo of a bloody dead body, presumably in Iran, hanging over barbed wire
Trump’s message conflated doubts raised about the process that led to the controversial airstrike on Gen. Qassem Soleimani with “trying to make terrorist Soleimani into a wonderful guy.”
“The Fake News Media and their Democrat Partners are working hard to determine whether or not the future attack by terrorist Soleimani was ‘eminent’ or not, & was my team in agreement,” Trump tweeted, misspelling ‘imminent.’ “The answer to both is a strong YES, but it doesn’t really matter because of his horrible past!”
In response to news of an antigovernment march in Tehran against the government’s belated admission that a Ukrainian plane had been accidentally shot down by Iranian antiaircraft fire, Trump tweeted: “Wow! The wonderful Iranian protesters refused to step on, or in any way denigrate, our Great American Flag. It was put on the street in order for them to trample it, and they walked around it instead.
Story continues.Trump’s missives targeting the Democratic leadership come ahead of a likely Senate impeachment trial. Pelosi is expected to send the articles of impeachment against Trump to the Senate this week.
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