“The intelligence was that Soleimani was orchestrating chaos in Iraq at our expense and throughout the region,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, (R-SC), on “Fox & Friends” on Friday.

“The president was informed of these potential attacks and he acted. This was a defensive strike to neutralize future attacks that were planned and executed by Soleimani and the popular mobilization front: the Shiite militias in Iraq.”

“He’s not dead today because of what he did in the past, he’s dead today because he miscalculated what President Trump would do regarding future attacks,” explained Graham.

Graham said President Trump must make it clear to Iran that any retaliation will put their oil refineries at risk. “Their oil refineries are the last thing they have in terms of an economy,” he said.

Graham said that “the president has to convince the ayatollah that if he retaliates, our response will be greater than the market will bear.”

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