The US president said he would “absolutely” bomb Iran again if intelligence indicated the country was still able to enrich uranium to nuclear-weapons grade.
Asked in a White House press conference whether he would consider fresh air strikes if last week’s sorties were not successful in ending Iran’s nuclear ambitions, he said: “Without question. Absolutely.”
Trump said Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “got beat to hell” in the hostilities involving the United States and Israel and that “it was a great time to end it.”
Trump said he had prevented Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from being assassinated, as he lashed out at Iran’s supreme leader for saying Tehran won the war with Israel.
“I SAVED HIM FROM A VERY UGLY AND IGNOMINIOUS DEATH,” Trump posted on Truth Social, adding that he had stopped work on easing sanctions against Iran following Khamenei’s comments.
He said that he had immediately dropped work on sanctions relief for Iran after its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali US President Donald Trump said Friday he had prevented Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from being assassinated, as he lashed out at Iran’s supreme leader for saying Tehran won the war with Israel.
Khamenei said his country had scored a victory over the United States. “During the last few days, I was working on the possible removal of sanctions, and other things, which would have given amuch better chance to Iran at a full, fast, and complete recovery,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“I get hit with a statement of anger, hatred, and disgust, and immediately dropped all work on sanction relief, and more.”
