This is not new. Some of Trump's appointees have secret service living in their houses basically permanently because of credible threats from Iran. |
Am I wrong if I think it’s entirely fantastical to think Aidan he this capability? |
I assume by Aiden you mean Iran. Iran has two quite formidable elite military/terrorist units-- the quasi legitimate Quds Force and the extremely capable Hezbollah. Yes, you would be very wrong to think Iran is incapable of assassinations. Here's one successful, if simpler job from decades ago: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/07/23/anti-khomenini-iranian-slain-at-bethesda-home/980dc4ea-9af1-4b54-9594-099059657748/ Here's a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the US, a more complicated job, security wise: https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-iran-tied-terror-plot-washington-dc-disrupted/story?id=14711933 Here's what Iran is on about now: https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/01/09/After-Tehran-sanctions-Americans-US-vows-to-deter-and-respond-to-any-attack-by-Iran |
There has not been a response from the WH.
A reporter asked Psaki about it yesterday and she essentially brushed it off as something Iran does and has done in the past. This type of threat should be enough for this administration to end any talks they have with Iran about the nuclear deal. But, they won't do that because the same people who worked on that deal under Obama are back in place to work on it now. |
I don’t care. Maybe Trump can run to the arms of mother Russia since he did their bidding for four years and continues to do so. I just don’t care about Donald. He’s a traitor. |
Trump murdered one of Iran's generals in violation of the Geneva convention. If Iran wants to hold him accountable, they should join the global community and do it the legal way. |
Soleimani killed hundreds of US troops. At the time he was killed, he was also with another terrorist who was internationally wanted for bombings in the 1980s. Soleimani was supposed to be under an international travel ban by the UN, yet he and Iran would routinely flout the ban so that he could travel to Iraq, Syria, etc. to train terrorists. Soleimani and Iran had the chutzpah to literally post social media photos of him in foreign countries while under UN travel ban. Sorry, you don't get to violate UN rules so that you can travel abroad to train terrorists that kill hundreds of US troops, then cry about it later when you are attacked while you are in a different country traveling with another terrorist. Soleimani and Iran brought it upon themselves. |
If you are ambivalent about US officials being assassinated, I'd gently suggest that you may also want to start shopping for a new country to call home. Our political stability relies on us taking care of our own, regardless of party affiliations, and not rooting for their death. |
I mean…that’s a little rich when Trump himself consistently talked about murdering Hilary. |
DP. Why didn't Trump care about "taking care of our own?" He was one of the most divisive US political figures undermining American political stability of the last 50+ years. Maybe he and his remaining supporters and defenders are the ones who should start shopping for a new country to call home. |
If you can't distinguish between political smack talking and actual foreign assassination plots, I can't help you. Hillary doesn't live with secret service people in her basement due to threats from Trump. Several former Trump officials, many with relatively obscure names you would not recognize, do have to live with secret service because Iran is literally trying to kill them. |
I don’t think pp is rooting. I like pp don’t care. It’s part of the game. |
I get that - but blowback is a thing. Trump staffers do not subscribe to Francis Fukuyama end of history stuff and are realists so why would they be surprised? |
She and a whole lot of other political officials DO in fact have security BECAUSE of Trumpism. And, the threats are real and credible. Recall that not long ago a guy was caught in Idaho traveling all the way across the country with an AR-15 and hundreds of rounds of ammunition on his way to try and assassinate Fauci because of Trumpist rhetoric. |