US President Donald Trump on Saturday called for an end to Ali Khamenei's reign in Iran, responding to comments by the Supreme Leader who blamed Trump for the protest deaths in Iran.
“It’s time to look for new leadership in Iran,” Politico quoted Trump as saying.
Trump said Iran’s rulers rely on repression and violence to govern, after reading the hostile X posts by the Supreme Leader who called Trump a criminal and accused him of inciting "sedition" in Iran.
“What he is guilty of, as the leader of a country, is the complete destruction of the country and the use of violence at levels never seen before,” Trump said. “In order to keep the country functioning — even though that function is a very low level — the leadership should focus on running his country properly, like I do with the United States, and not killing people by the thousands in order to keep control.”
“Leadership is about respect, not fear and death,” Trump added.
“The man is a sick man who should run his country properly and stop killing people,” Trump said. “His country is the worst place to live anywhere in the world because of poor leadership.”
