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| Trump Says He Saved Khamenei From ‘Very Ugly' And ‘Ignominious' Death During War |
| 2025-06-28 |
| [IsraelTimes] US president says he reversed plans to remove sanctions on Iran because of supreme leader’s ‘blatant and foolish’ statement after US President Donald Trump said Friday that he knew exactly where Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was hiding during the war and prevented Israel and US forces from killing him, saving him from an “ugly and ignominious death.” “I saved him from a very ugly and ignominious death,” Trump said. Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday that Israel did not kill Khamenei because it did not know where underground he was hiding. Trump also said Friday he would “absolutely” consider bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities if Tehran were enriching uranium to a level that concerned the US. Trump also said he ordered Israel to turn planes around that were planning to strike Iran significantly in response to missile fire launched by Tehran after the ceasefire went into place. “It was going to be the biggest attack of the war by far,” Trump said. “Iran has to get back into the world order flow, or things will only get worse for them,” he warned. “They are always so angry, hostile and unhappy, and look at what it has gotten them: A burned out, blown up country, with no future, a decimated military, a horrible economy and death all around them,” Trump continued. “They have no hope, and it will only get worse! I wish the leadership of Iran would realize that you often get more with honey than you do with vinegar,” he said. Trump also claimed on Friday that he reversed plans to remove sanctions against Iran after Khamenei gave a speech a day earlier declaring that Trump had “exaggerated” the impact of strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, while threatening to repeat the “slap” Tehran had dealt American forces in the region. “During the last few days, I was working on the possible removal of sanctions, and other things, which would have given a much better chance to Iran at a full, fast, and complete recovery,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “But instead I get hit with a statement of anger, hatred, and disgust, and immediately dropped all work on sanction relief and more,” he continued, blasting Khamenei for his “blatant and foolish” statement. “As a man of great faith, he is not supposed to lie,” Trump said, reiterating his insistence that Iran’s nuclear sites were “obliterated” in the US strikes on Sunday. “You have to tell the truth,” Trump also said of Khamenei. “You got beat to hell.” |
| Posted by:Elmerert Hupens2660 |
| #4 Is every politician trying to jockey for position ref. their voters? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-06-28 09:18 |
| #3 @1 From the Iran FM's message it can be deduced that Iran now hates the US/Israel more but fears the US/Israel less. Iran was badly mauled and Iran's capabilities were reduced, probably temporarily eliminated, but the conflict isn't over. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2025-06-28 09:07 |
| #2 This would be a scathing indictment of Trump's awareness of historical facts if this cognitive dissonance inspired denial of Iran's nature had not been the Western political class' consensus since 1979. At least Trump seems to correct course now. This is not even a "Scorpion and Frog" scenario. The Iranian 'Scorpion' has always clearly articulated its intentions. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2025-06-28 08:57 |
| #1 Iran warns of 'real capabilities' if Trump doesn't drop 'disrespectful' tone toward supreme leader Finish it. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-06-28 01:00 |