Trump uses rally to defend Iran policy as Democrats decry it

As President Donald Trump rallied supporters Tuesday night by defending his decision to kill a top Iranian general, the Democrats vying to replace him used their final debate before primary voting began to argue that doing so made the country less safe.

With Trump firing up thousands in the battleground state of Wisconsin and the Democratic candidates squaring off in Iowa ahead of its Feb. 3 caucuses, the political events were expected to offer very different visions for the future of the country.

But the contrast on Iran in nearly real time was especially stark.

Addressing an audience in downtown Milwaukee not far from where Democrats will hold their convention this summer Trump spent much of his speech defending his decision to order the strike that killed top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, whom he labeled the world's No. 1 terrorist."
The Democrats are outraged that we killed this terrorist monster, even though this monster was behind hundreds and hundreds of deaths," Trump said, adding that thousands of people" don't have legs and arms because of this son of a bitch."
Trump also took on the leading Democratic candidates, saying of Sanders: Bernie and the radical left cannot protect your family, nor can they protect our country."
I think he's done right by the whole country," agreed Nancy Freye, 65, who lives in Madison, Wisconsin. He's fighting for all of us every day. I don't know how you can even get anything done, but he does. So good for him and for us."
Democrats, he said, should be angry about his crimes, not the decision to end his wretched life."