President Donald Trump told Axios on Thursday that he needs to be “personally involved” in selecting Iran’s next leader, dismissing the frontrunner Mojtaba Khamenei as “a lightweight” and comparing the process to his Venezuela playbook.
Just last week, Trump said there “may or may not be regime change in Iran,” yet the President seems to want a hand in the process.
“They are wasting their time, Khamenei’s son is a lightweight,” Trump said, “I have to be involved in the appointment, like with Delcy in Venezuela.”
The comments land as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials continue to insist the U.S. military campaign is not about “regime change.”
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