Donald Trump is sharpening his rhetoric against Tehran and openly questioning the legitimacy of Iran’s new supreme leader. In an interview with ABC News, he declared that the new leader “will not last long” if he does not get the approval of Washington.
Iran’s new supreme leader “will not last long” unless he has the approval of US President Donald Trump’s administration. The head of the White House stated this in an interview with ABC News on Sunday, writes TASR.
- Donald Trump says Iran’s new supreme leader needs US approval.
- According to Trump, the new Iranian leader will not survive long without American approval.
- The assembly of experts elected the successor of Ali Khamenei.
- The US president does not rule out sending US ground troops to Iran.
Iran has elected a new leader
“He’s going to have to get our approval. If he doesn’t get it, he’s not going to last long. We want to make sure that we don’t have to go back every 10 years when you don’t have a president like me… I don’t want people to have to come back in five years and do the same thing again, or worse, have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said.
Iranian state media reported on Sunday that the Assembly of Experts has elected a successor to the poor Ali Khamenei, who died last weekend in US-Israeli attacks. Trump recently declared that he wants to participate in the election of the new Iranian leader.
Trump: Iran planned to dominate the entire Middle East
When asked if he would be willing to approve someone with ties to the old regime, the American president replied that “yes, to choose a good leader, he would approve.” According to Trump, there are many people who would qualify.
The White House chief also told ABC News that Iran “planned to dominate the entire Middle East.” “They were going to attack. Their plan was to attack the whole Middle East, to take it over,” he said. He also did not rule out the possibility that the United States would send ground troops to Iran in order to secure the enriched uranium there.
