Qassem Soleimani killing: Celebrities accuse Trump of starting a war to distract Americans from impeachment
Ever since General Qassem Soleimani, head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ elite Quds Force, was killed in an airstrike in the early hours of Friday, January 3, fears of yet another war erupting in the Middle East are being raised from all quarters. A number of celebrities took to Twitter to call out President Donald Trump on the airstrike, claiming that it was simply a distraction from Trump's ongoing impeachment situation. Here's what they had to say:
"Start a war to eclipse an impeachment?" Alec Baldwin tweeted.
“This is what putin wants! Chaos in the world! Trump is his puppet but this helps forget about his impeachment!!” said actor John Leguizamo.
“He has set it up so that not one Allie we have ever had will come to America’s aid all for Putin he is a war criminal and people are going to die he has put us in a war to stop from being impeached blood is on all the hands of the GOP who have put soulless party over America (sic),” tweeted actress Rosanna Arquette, who later added that “Hitler did the same thing.”
According to the Pentagon, the airstrike that killed Soleimani was conducted at Trump's direction.
“At the direction of the President, the US military has taken decisive defensive action to protect US personnel abroad by killing Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization,” The Department of Defense reportedly said in a statement.
“Hello fellow Americans. Do you know this man? Did you know he was your enemy? What? Never heard of him? By the end of today you will be trained to hate him. You will be glad Trump had him assassinated. You will do as you are told. Get ready to send your sons &daughters off 2 war,” Michael Moore tweeted with a picture of Soleimani.
“Please read Impeach, The Case Against Donald Trump by @neal_katyal and my son, @SammyKoppelman. The book clearly and cleanly and without drama, lays out the case, reminds us why Impeachment is what we need to focus on, not a Trumped-up war,” Showtime’s Billions co-creator Brian Koppelman tweeted.