That's the most generous interpretation of the position of Donald Trump and members of his administration vis a vis the killing of Qasem Soleimani.
According to Mr. Trump's first statement on the subject, Soleimani was considered an imminent thereat to the security of the United States, because he planned to attack one of our embassies. Over a two-day period, one evolved to four, in Trump's telling.
Yesterday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted that members of both House and Senate were fully briefed on the 1 = 4 equation. He stopped just short of calling liars members who claimed never to have been given such information. Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised, since, in the past, Pompeo has referred to briefings for Trump as more like casual conversations.
Allan Lichtman, who's correctly predicted every Presidential election since 1984, may be able to help unravel this tangle. Lichtman feels Mr. Trump may seriously have damaged his re-election prospects with the Soleimani action.
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