US Senator Calls Trump An ‘Unstable’ President with Amatuer Advisers
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A US Senator described Donald Trump as an “unstable president” who is assassinating foreign leaders with the help of his “sycophantic” amateur advisers.
"An unstable President in way over his head, panicking, with all his experienced advisers having quit, and only the sycophantic amateurs remaining. Assassinating foreign leaders, announcing plans to bomb civilians. A nightmare," Sen. Chris Murphy, the Connecticut Democrat and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wrote in a tweet on Saturday.
It came after Trump warned Iran that a strike on "any Americans" or "American assets" in retaliation for the assassination of the IRGC Quds Force commander would result in the US targeting 52 sites — including "Iranian culture" sites.
But deliberately targeting cultural sites or cultural heritage sites could amount to a war crime under international law.
Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also excoriated the president, tweeting, "This is a war crime. Threatening to target and kill innocent families, women and children — which is what you're doing by targeting cultural sites — does not make you a 'tough guy.' It does not make you 'strategic.' It makes you a monster."
General Soleimani, the deputy head of Iraq’s Hashd al-Sha'abi, and a number of their entourage were killed in a strike by American drones near Baghdad International Airport in the early hours of Friday.
The White House and the Pentagon confirmed the assassination of General Soleimani in Iraq, saying the attack was carried out at the direction of Trump.
In a message on Friday morning, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei warned that harsh revenge awaits the criminals behind the martyrdom of General Soleimani.
