Trump’s expected return comes at a time when tensions between the United States and Iran are mounting.
WEST PALM BEACH.
He President Donald Trump be shortened vacation from end of the year in Florida and will return to Washington Thursday, a day ahead of schedule for reasons that the White House did not explain.
The White House announced the abrupt change on the calendar of President Wednesday evening, hours after Senador Josh Hawley said he would raise objections when the Congress meet the 6 January to Victoria of the President-elect Joe Biden in the elections from November.
Trump’s expected return comes at a time when tensions between the United States and Iran are mounting.
There are concerns in Washington that Tehran could retaliate more military for the death of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani on Jan. 3 during a US drone strike in Baghdad.
Iran’s first response, five days later, was to launch a missile at a military base in Iraq, injuring about 100 US soldiers.
Shia militiamen launched a missile attack on the US embassy complex in Baghdad on Dec. 20.
No one died, but Trump said days later that Iran had been warned.
Kind advice to Iran: If Americans are killed, I will hold Iran accountable. Think about it, ”Trump tweeted on December 23.
We are hearing comments about more attacks on Americans in Iraq, ”he added.
Trump, accompanied by his wife Melania, arrived at his Mar-a-Lago complex in Florida on the night of December 23 and spent most of his vacation trying to get the likes of the electorate around last month’s election. to change.
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