U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Toledo, Ohio, U.S., January 9, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
TOLEDO, Ohio (Reuters) - President Donald Trump made the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani a theme of his re-election campaign on Thursday, drawing cheers from thousands at a rally when he said the death saved lives and delivered "American justice."
At the campaign rally in Toledo, Ohio, Trump spent a lengthy part of his stump speech defending his order to kill Soleimani and rejecting criticism from Democrats who say he overstepped his authority with the U.S. military's drone strike against the commander of Iran's military Quds force at Baghdad's airport a week ago.
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