The death of former US Secretary of State Colin Powell did not prevent him from being criticized by former US President Donald Trump, who said about him that he "made many mistakes", and added that "in any case, may he rest in peace."
Trump also criticized what he called the "consensual tone of politicians", calling it "too vague" and sarcastically saying he hoped to receive similar praise upon his death.
And the former president wrote - in his statement - "It is nice to see the wonderful handling of the misleading media with the late Colin Powell, who made great mistakes in Iraq, especially with regard to what were called weapons of mass destruction. I hope this will happen to me one day as well."
He also accused Powell of being "a Republican in name only" and "always first to attack other Republicans," a cause for frequent criticism of the man who was the first African-American to lead the military and then the State Department.
On June 7, 2020, Trump launched an attack on Colin Powell, who said he would "vote for Joe Biden in the presidential election", and blamed him for the Iraq war.
"Colin Powell is a real arrogant," Trump tweeted. "He was responsible for getting us into the disastrous Middle East wars, and he just announced that he would vote for another arrogant, sleepy Joe Biden."
"Didn't Powell say that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction? Iraq didn't have them, but we went to war," Trump added.
In contrast, Powell has long criticized Donald Trump, and in 2016 supported Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton against the Republican billionaire, and 4 years later announced that he would vote for Joe Biden, accusing the Republican president of "lying all the time."
Powell died at the age of 84 due to complications from Covid-19, and was called by American political figures, including Democratic President Joe Biden.