Mary Margaret Olohan, DCNF

President Donald Trump refused to apologize for the Jan. 2 death of top Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani during a Tuesday White House press conference.

“We saved a lot of lives by terminating his life,” the president told the press. “A lot of lives were saved.”

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“He was traveling with the head of Hezbollah. They weren’t there to discuss a vacation,” Trump said. “They weren’t there to go to a nice resort someplace in Baghdad. They were there to discuss bad business.”