President Donald Trump said Saturday night he knows “exactly who” could replace Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei following his elimination in a joint U.S.-Israeli strike, asserting the removal of Tehran’s longtime ruler has materially shifted the diplomatic landscape.
Asked by CBS News whether he had a successor in mind, Trump responded that there were “some good candidates,” adding, “I know exactly who they are, but I can’t tell you.”
“It’s much easier now than it was a day ago, obviously, because they are getting beat up badly,” he said, suggesting the strikes had altered Tehran’s strategic calculus.
While declining to formally characterize…
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