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The newspaper “Business Insider” published excerpts from the book, revealing that President Donald Trump sought to assassinate the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force, General Qassem Soleimani, 4 days before the operation, last January, at his compound. golf in Florida.
He explained: “His ally, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, tried to persuade President Donald Trump while playing his favorite game of golf to be disciplined on the issue of Iran, while Defense Secretary James Mattis slept dressed in anticipation of a emergency”.
In his conversations with Trump, Woodward revealed the secrets of the decision to assassinate Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, explaining that “days before his assassination order, Trump was discussing the idea on his golf course in Florida. And his partner in the game that day was Senator Lindsey Graham, who became one of his most important advisers. ” He urged him not to make a big move that could lead to all-out war and warned him that he would increase the stakes from playing $ 10 blackjack to $ 10,000 blackjack.
According to the author, Graham said: “This is a dangerous operation, why not target a lower level figure than Soleimani as it will be easy to absorb the consequences.”
US journalist Bob Woodward added: “Mick Mulvaney, the White House chief of staff, pleaded with Graham to persuade Trump to change his mind about Soleimani’s assassination, but the US president was not convinced, noting that the attacks launched by Iran against US forces in Iraq were Soleimani. ” He devised it.
It should be noted that the commander of the Iranian “Quds Force”, General Qassem Soleimani, was killed in a US raid at the Baghdad airport on January 3, accompanied by the former deputy head of the People’s Mobilization Authority, Abu Mahdi Al -Muhandis.
