大統領 Trump decided to kill Soleimani from 損なう-a-Lago where his 最高の，を越す 国家の 安全 助言者s gave him a 範囲 of 選択s - and he choose the most 劇の

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Donald Trump made the 決定／判定勝ち（する） to kill Iranian General Qassem Soleimani from his 損なう-a-Lago 訴える手段／行楽地 in Florida にもかかわらず the 大統領，／社長's 最高の，を越す 国家の 安全 助言者s giving him a 範囲 of 選択s.?

At the 中途の point of his 年次の Christmas vacation, Trump 密談する／（身体を）寄せ集めるd at his 訴える手段／行楽地 with his 最高の，を越す 国家の 安全 助言者s.

Days earlier, a ロケット／急騰する attack by an Iranian-基金d group struck a US-Iraqi base, 殺人，大当り an American 請負業者 and 負傷させるing several others.

Trump's 助言者s 現在のd him with an array of 選択s for 答える／応じるing, 含むing the most 劇の possible 返答: taking out Soleimani, the 長，率いる of Iran's エリート Quds 軍隊 and the man 責任がある hundreds of Americans deaths.

The 大統領，／社長 すぐに 手配中の，お尋ね者 to 的 Soleimani. It was a 決定／判定勝ち（する） his 前任者s had 避けるd and one that 危険d inflaming 緊張s with Tehran.??

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Trump (pictured with First Lady Melania on December 31) made the 決定／判定勝ち（する） to kill Iranian General Qassem Soleimani from his 損なう-a-Lago 訴える手段／行楽地 in Florida にもかかわらず the 大統領，／社長's 最高の，を越す 国家の 安全 助言者s giving him a 範囲 of 選択s

At the 中途の point of his 年次の Christmas vacation (pictured on December 31), Trump 密談する／（身体を）寄せ集めるd at his 訴える手段／行楽地 with his 最高の，を越す 国家の 安全 助言者s

Days earlier, a ロケット／急騰する attack by an Iranian-基金d group struck a US-Iraqi base, 殺人，大当り an American 請負業者 and 負傷させるing several others. A ヘリコプター carrying Trump returns to 損なう-a-Lago on Janu ary 3?

Some 助言者s 発言する／表明するd 関心 about the 合法的な justification for a strike without 証拠 of an 切迫した attack in the 作品 against Americans.

So other 選択s were discussed in the coming days with 国務長官 マイク Pompeo, 弁護 長官 示す Esper and 国家の 安全 助言者 Robert O'Brien, 含むing 爆破 the base of the group 非難するd for 殺人，大当り the US 請負業者.

But Trump remained 焦点（を合わせる）d on the 選択 to 的 Soleimani, a preference that surprised the small circle of 補佐官s because the 大統領，／社長 had long been 気が進まない to 深くする US 軍の 約束／交戦 around the world.?

By Thursday, 公式の／役人s believed they had 知能 示すing Soleimani was plotting against Americans, though it's 不明瞭な when that 知能 became known to US 公式の／役人s.

Trump slipped out of a 会合 with political 助言者s that day to give the final go-ahead.?

His 決定／判定勝ち（する） to 権限を与える the drone strike has sent shockwaves throughout the Middle East and 劇的な 増大するd 緊張s between the US and Iran.

It wasn't the first time that Trump's lush 損なう-a-Lago 訴える手段／行楽地, with its $200,000 年次の 会員の地位 and 大西洋 Ocean vistas, had been the 背景 for a momentous 国家の 安全 決定／判定勝ち（する）.

In February 2017, Trump 密談する／（身体を）寄せ集めるd on the patio with Japan's Shinzo Abe, in 十分な 見解（をとる） of club members eating dinner, to 重さを計る a 返答 to a North Korean ミサイル 実験（する）.?

Trump's 助言者s 現在のd him with an array of 選択s for 答える／応じるing, 含むing the most 劇の possible 返答: taking out Soleimani (pictured in 2016), the 長，率いる of Iran's エリート Quds F orce and the man 責任がある hundreds of Americans deaths

Other 選択s were discussed with 国務長官 マイク Pompeo (left), 弁護 長官 示す Esper (second from left) and 国家の 安全 助言者 Robert O'Brien (second from 権利), 含むing 爆破 the base of the group 非難するd for 殺人，大当り the US 請負業者

Two months later, Trump 権限を与えるd a US ミサイル strike on Syria, then 株d chocolate cake with 中国's 大統領 Xi Jinping, who was visiting 損なう-a-Lago for 会合s.

Trump spent much of this vacation angry about the attack on the American 請負業者.?

He stayed 大部分は out of sight in Florida, 現れるing only for 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs of ゴルフ at his other nearby club and mingling with guests at a New Year's Eve party.

Wearing a tux, Trump was asked by a reporter if he foresaw a chance of war with Iran. Raising his 発言する／表明する to be heard over the holiday revelers, Trump said he 手配中の，お尋ね者 'to have peace'.

'And Iran should want peace more than anybod y,' he said. 'So I don't see that happening. No, I don't think Iran would want that to happen. It would go very quickly.'

He betrayed no 指示，表示する物 of the momentous 決定／判定勝ち（する） he was already 重さを計るing.?

More than a half-dozen 行政 公式の／役人s, congressional スタッフの一員s and 助言者s の近くに to the White House 述べるd Trump's 決定／判定勝ち（する）-making.?

Most spoke on the 条件 of anonymity because they were not 権限を与えるd to 公然と discuss 私的な 審議s.

After Trump leaped at the 選択 to take out Soleimani, 国家の 安全 公式の／役人s 審議d about where the 的d strike should happen if they proceeded.?

Most did not want to attack Soleimani in Iraq, given the presence of US 軍隊／機動隊s there and the already tenuous 状況／情勢 on the ground.?

Some argued for the 操作／手術 to occur when Soleimani was traveling in Lebanon or Syria.?

But when they learned Soleimani would be traveling to Baghdad on January 2, they decided 的ing him at the airport was their best 適切な時期.

Earlier that day, Trump was 会合 with his political 助言者s about his reelection （選挙などの）運動をする when he was 召喚するd to give the final go-ahead.?

公式の／役人s believed they had a 合法的な justification and would 特記する／引用する 知能 示唆するing that Soleimani was traveling in the Middle East to put final touches on 計画（する）s for attacks that would have 攻撃する，衝突する US 外交官s, 兵士s and American 施設s in Iraq, Lebanon and Syria.

に引き続いて 多重の 脅しs, the 米国防総省 発表するd that it will be sending nearly 3,000 more Army 軍隊／機動隊s to the 中東の and some 軍隊／機動隊s are on 代替要員，物 to travel to Beirut if more 安全 is needed at the American 大使館 there. 兵士s pictured in Fort Bragg, North Carolina?

US Army 兵士s with their gear 長，率いる to an を待つing bus on Saturday at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as 軍隊／機動隊s from the 82nd 空輸の are （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd to the Middle East as 増強s in the volatile 影響 of the 殺人，大当り of Soleimani

The 82nd 空輸の 分割 負担s 器具／備品 bound for the Middle East on a C-17 Globemaster III Saturday in Fort Bragg

US 公式の／役人s have not been more 明確な／細部 about the 知能. A congressional 補佐官 簡潔な／要約するd by the 行政 on Friday said 公式の／役人s 申し込む／申し出d 説得力のある 詳細（に述べる）s about Iran's 意向s and 能力s, but not about the タイミング of the supposed attacks on Americans.

The 審議s and Trump's final 決定／判定勝ち（する） （機の）カム quickly enough that in the hours before the attack Thursday night, contingency 計画（する）s for a 可能性のある Iranian 返答 were still 存在 完結するd.?

The White House communications team was not given a 長，率いるs-up about the strike, leaving the staff 緊急発進するing as news of the 爆発 spread.

On Sunday, Iranian MP Abolfazl Abutorabi (pictured) 脅すd to attack the White House in 返答 to Trump's 警告 that any strike on American 利益／興味s in the 地域 will bring 大規模な 報復

The 大統領，／社長 told one confidant after the attack that he 手配中の，お尋ね者 to 配達する a 警告 to Iran not to mess with American 資産s.?

Trump said he was also eager to 事業／計画（する） 全世界の strength and replicate the message he believed he sent last year after 認可するing the （警察の）手入れ，急襲 to kill Islamic 明言する／公表する leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: the US would find its enemies anywhere in the world.

Still, 行政 officia ls 定評のある that Soleimani's 殺人，大当り carried a high 危険 of Iranian 報復.?

The 米国防総省 is sending nearly 3,000 more Army 軍隊／機動隊s to the 中東の and some 軍隊／機動隊s are on 代替要員，物 to travel to Beirut if more 安全 is needed at the American 大使館 there.

Hundreds of 兵士s （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd Saturday from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Kuwait. A 負担ing ramp was filled with 戦闘 gear and restless 兵士s. Some tried to 得る，とらえる a last-minute nap on 木造の （法廷の）裁判s.?

The wife of a member of the 82nd 空輸の who （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd earlier this past week said his 出発 was so abrupt she didn't have the chance to say goodbye in person or by phone.

'The kids kept going, "When's dad going to be home?"' said April Shumard, 42. 'It's literally thrown me for a 宙返り飛行. And him 同様に. He's still in 不信 of where he´s gone. Our 長，率いるs are spun.'

Iranian 国会議員s 詠唱する anti-American and anti-Israeli スローガンs to 抗議する against the US 殺人，大当り of Iranian 最高の，を越す general Qassem Soleimani at the start of an open 開会／開廷／会期 of 議会 in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday

Soleimani's 団体／死体 was returned to Iran on Sunday. People are seen carrying his casket upon arrival at Ahvaz International Airport in Tehran. The casket was 迎える／歓迎するd by 詠唱するs of 'Death to America' as Iran 問題／発行するd new 脅しs of 報復

As Trump 演説（する）／住所d the nation Friday for the first time after Soleimani's 殺人，大当り, he 宣言するd that the Iranian general's '統治する of terror was over'.

'We took 活動／戦闘 last night to stop a war. We did not take 活動／戦闘 to start a war,' he said.

On Sunday, Iran?脅すd to attack the White House in 返答 to Trump's 警告 that any strike on American 利益／興味s in the 地域 will bring 大規模な 報復 as Iranian leaders brand the 大統領，／社長 a 'テロリスト in a 控訴'.

'We can attack the White House itself, we can 答える／応じる to them on the American 国／地域. We have the 力／強力にする, and God willing we will 答える／応じる in an appropriate time,' said Iranian MP Abolfazl Abutorabi, によれば the?Iranian 労働 News 機関.

Abutorabi went on to say that 'this is a 宣言 of war, which means if you hesitate you lose'.

'When someone 宣言するs war do you want to 答える／応じる to the 弾丸s with flowers? They will shoot you in the 長，率いる,' he 追加するd.?

に引き続いて 大規模な funeral marches in Iraq,?Soleimani's 団体／死体 was?flown to the city of Ahvaz in 南西 Iran on Sunday.??