The impeached American President is no stranger to controversy, but news of his latest move had the internet concerned over an impending World War III. On Thursday, it was revealed that President Donald Trump ordered a drone airstrike in Iraq that resulted in the death of the country's commander of the Quds Force, Major General Qassem Soleimani. 

Handout / Handout / Getty Images

“At the direction of the President, the U.S. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect U.S. personnel abroad by killing Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization,” the Department of Defense reportedly said in a statement. “General Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region...his Quds Force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more.”

The airstrike reportedly occurred at the Baghdad International Airport as Soleimani was riding in his vehicle after returning from Syria. The Department of Defense stated Soleimani was responsible for orchestrating "attacks on coalition bases in Iraq over the last several months — including the attack on December 27th — culminating in the death and wounding of additional American and Iraqi personnel...The United States will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world."

The news brought about more than a few reactions from the public and suddenly there was a concern over an impending world war. Although some believe that war is nothing to laugh about, a few Twitter users missed the memo. Check out a few light-hearted reactions to the troubling news below.

Illinois is extending its progression in the decriminalization of marijuana as the state’s governor granted over 11,000 pardons for low-level marijuana convictions on Tuesday.

According to the governor, these marked only the first wave in thousands of more expungements that are slated to take place in accordance with the state’s newest move to legalize marijuana which officially took place on January 1st, making Illinois the 11th state to legalize marijuana for adults over 21 or older.

Joshua Lott/Getty Images

“We are ending the 50-year-long war on cannabis,” Gov. JB Pritzker said in a statement, per the Associated Press. “We are restoring rights to many tens of thousands of Illinoisans. We are bringing regulation and safety to a previously unsafe and illegal market. And we are creating a new industry that puts equity at its very core.”

He went on to add: “We know that Black Illinois residents are far more likely to be arrested and convicted for marijuana possession than whites,” said Ben Ruddell, criminal justice policy director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois. “This is a good step forward as we begin the legal sales of recreational marijuana.”

According to the governor’s office, the pardons affect those with non-violent marijuana arrests or convictions on their records in 92 of the state’s total 102 counties.

The 11,017 pardons that Gov. Pritzker is granting today are thousands of lives forever changed — and hundreds of thousands more will be changed in the coming months,” added former state senator Toi Hutchinson. “Those who were unfairly targeted by discriminatory drug laws can finally get ahead and build a new future for themselves and their families.”