Trump: ‘I Have to be Involved in the Appointment’ of Iran’s Next Leader

President Donald Trump told Axios that he must be involved in picking Iran’s next leader.

“They are wasting their time,” Trump said. “Khamenei’s son [Mojtaba Khamenei] is a lightweight. I have to be involved in the appointment, like with Delcy [Rodriguez] in Venezuela.”

Trump insisted that Mojtaba is “unacceptable.”

“We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran,” Trump added.

Trump already said that the majority of the people the U.S. thought could lead Iran “are dead.”

Do we even know for sure that Mojtaba is alive?

On Tuesday, Israel struck a building holding Iran’s top Mullah body as they gathered to select the next supreme leader.

Also, we’ve been told by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and others that Operation Epic Fury isn’t a “regime change” operation.

Honestly, the Trump administration should have never said anything like that because we all knew the operation would wipe out the top people.

We all knew a regime change would happen because, without Khamenei’s lackeys, there would have to be one.

Tags: Donald Trump, Iran, Iran War 2026

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