Retired SEAL: Trump’s ‘Gamble’ On Soleimani Strike ‘Paid Off’

During a recent interview with Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade, retired U.S. Navy SEAL Jocko Willink — who was a former commander of the most decorated special operations unit of the entire Iraq War — described President Donald Trump’s recent ordered strike on top Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps–Quds Force general Qassem Soleimani as a “gamble” that nonetheless clearly “paid off” for the president.

“Retired Navy SEAL and author Jocko Willink applauded the ‘gamble’ taken by President Trump in ordering the killing of top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, which was followed by anti-regime protests that erupted on the streets of Tehran,” Fox News reported.