“WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHOOSE THAT PERSON”, TRUMP SAYS
In insisting on the right to help choose Iran‘s next leader – meant to be a senior Shi’ite Muslim cleric selected by a panel of religious experts – Trump made his most explicit demand for control over a country of more than 90 million people.
The remarks could make it more difficult to end the war quickly in a deal that would leave Iran‘s system of clerical rule in place.
“We’re going to have to choose that person along with Iran. We’re going to have to choose that person,” Trump said on Thursday in a telephone interview with Reuters.
Israel has said openly that it aims to overthrow Iran‘s ruling system. Washington has been more…