News Donald Trump showed restraint, then resolve, in killing of Iran’s Qassem Soleimani January 4, 2020 James S. Robbins, Opinion columnist Comments Off on Donald Trump showed restraint, then resolve, in killing of Iran’s Qassem Soleimani Faced with years of Iran's escalating aggression in the Middle East, Donald Trump has been a model of restraint. Finally, Iran had gone too far.