Trump has previously been critical of public executions in Iran, at times using the possibility of protesters being killed by the Iranian government as a possible rationale for military action. Those warnings preceded his ultimate choice to attack Iran at the end of February over its ballistic missiles and the risk of it developing nuclear weapons.
“This is not what we stand for”
“This is not what I fought for”
“We are better than this”
Can’t even call it cope. More like willfull self delusion