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Trump says Americans should be "extremely grateful and happy," because there were "no casualties" in the Iranian attack last night. "Only minimal damage was sustained at our military bases." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump is speaking now, flanked by Pence, Pompeo, Esper and military leaders. "As long as I am president of the United States, Iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. Good morning," he begins. — PolitiTweet.org

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@robyndoolittle YAYYY ROBYNNN — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/E6oziQYx4R — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BahmanKalbasi: #Iran’s arm forces sending exactly the same msg as the FM: What we did last night was the end of it unless US responds a… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JDiamond1: "All is well!" POTUS tweets after Iran hits Iraqi bases housing US troops with ballistic missiles "So far, so good," Trump s… — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s Trump’s public schedule for tomorrow. (Public schedules don’t include all of a president’s activities.) https://t.co/BtjVsF4E72 — PolitiTweet.org

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Jane is always a great follow during breaking news events, and this debunking thread is helpful. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ekoreen Lillard seems like he’s on work-to-rule tonight — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: "We are aware of the reports of attacks on US facilities in Iraq. The President has been briefed and is monitoring the… — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump guessed on television, while sitting with the prime minister of Greece, that there are probably some ISIS prisoners from Greece locked up in the Middle East. The prime minister responded, "No, none. None -- none from Greece." https://t.co/51H5Zpe3St — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's the transcript of Trump's comments today on the subject of withdrawal from Iraq, including his usual lie about having opposed the invasion as a civilian and a suggestion that Iraq should reimburse the US for the cost of building an expensive embassy in Baghdad. https://t.co/QneMFe6lL9 — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's the transcript of Trump's comments today on the subject of withdrawal from Iraq, including his usual lie about having opposed the invasion as a civilian and a suggestion that Iraq should reimburse the US for the cost of building an expensive embassy in Baghdad. https://t.co/XVD0hBCgwR — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: President Trump says Bolton would "know nothing about what we're talking about" if he testified in the Senate impeachme… — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's what Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif told NPR in an interview today: "Iran does not want a nuclear bomb, does not believe that nuclear bombs create security for anybody. And we believe it's time for everybody to disarm rather than to arm." https://t.co/yrTL03uSDO — PolitiTweet.org

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I will never not stare wide-eyed at the "now do Trump" messages I get every time I fact-check a Democrat https://t.co/oUd4PKhqAz — PolitiTweet.org

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As experts will tell you, that is not at all the same as announcing it is planning to start building a weapon. It is possible to breach JCPOA's enrichment caps for a peaceful nuclear program. Regardless, Iran certainly hasn't announced it's seeking a bomb. https://t.co/ShEUwKBin9 — PolitiTweet.org

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Klobuchar campaign implicitly acknowledged she was inaccurate, telling me she meant to refer only to Iran announcing it'd breach enrichment caps meant to stop Iran from building nukes. "This is the better way to say it and how she has said it in the past," spokesperson said. — PolitiTweet.org

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Democratic candidate Amy Klobuchar falsely claimed last night that Iran is now, because of Trump, "announcing that they're going to start developing a nuclear weapon." Iran has made no such announcement, continues to say it isn't pursuing a nuclear weapon: https://t.co/BOAm2ogC1c — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump on rationale: “They were planning something...We had tremendous information. We’ve been following him for a long time and we followed his path for those three days and they were not good stops. We didn’t like where he was stopping. They were not good stops." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump claims Soleimani was "traveling with the head of Hezbollah." Soleimani was traveling with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a founder of an Iraq-based Shiite paramilitary group called *Kata'ib* Hezbollah. Hezbollah, based in Lebanon, is led by Hassan Nasrallah. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump on the mistaken military letter suggesting the US was withdrawing troops from Iraq: "I don't know anything about that letter...I don't know if that letter was a hoax...or what." — PolitiTweet.org

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On Iraq, Trump says that he wants to let Iraq run its own affairs later, not now: "At some point, we want to get out. But this isn't the right point." He says that, when it happens, he wants the US to be reimbursed by Iraq for various costs. He mentions how big its embassy is. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump repeats his usual lie that he opposed the war in Iraq as a civilian before the war. — PolitiTweet.org

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On not targeting cultural sites, Trump now says, "If that's what the law is, I like to obey the law." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Elizabeth_McLau: Asked by @JeffSchogol if the attack Soleimani was planning against US interests in the region was days or weeks away,… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @rabrowne75: .@EsperDoD on the prospect of Iranian retaliation: “we should expect that they will retaliate in some shape or form” either… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: We've asked the White House repeatedly why this meeting wasn't on Trump's public schedule and why no readout was offere… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ZekeJMiller: This meeting was not on the president's public schedule, nor has the White House offered a read-out. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's Trump's public schedule for tomorrow. (Public schedules don't include all of a president's activities.) https://t.co/AkI52HUpw7 — PolitiTweet.org