Trump gives new justification for killing Iranian General

WEB DESK WASHINGTON Trump gave new justification for killing Qassem Soleimani, telling a gathering of Republican donors that the top Iranian general was “saying bad things about our country.” Trump said Friday, according to remarks from a fundraiser obtained by CNN. He also used a vulgar expression to describe the nature of Soleimani’s comments. Trump spoke amid a brewing controversy in Washington, where some lawmakers, especially Democrats, have said the White House has repeatedly shifted its justification for the Jan. 3 strike, which pushed Washington and Tehran to the brink of war. The drone strike in Baghdad that killed Soleimani came days after a violent protest by Iranianbacked protesters at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and a rocket attack that killed an American contractor at a facility in Iraq. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has said Soleimani was planning