Makes it pretty clear. The issue was not an “imminent threat,” but a determination that this would make him look “strong” (esp stronger than Obama). How Trump decided to kill a top Iranian general washingtonpost.com/national-…

My thought is there were two motivations regarding the timing: 1. Distract from Impeachment and exposed emails. 2. To create a military action that would stoke the fires of patriotism within his base as 2020 officially begins.