United States President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran’s leadership structure has been largely dismantled amid ongoing joint military operations involving the U.S. and Israel, stating that Washington now has “nobody to talk to” as tensions persist.
Trump made the remarks on Friday at the White House during an event honoring the U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen football team for winning the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy.
Referring to the ongoing operations involving Iran, Trump said, “Their leaders are all gone, their next set of leaders are all gone, and their next set of leaders are mostly gone.”
He added that the situation has made diplomatic engagement difficult, noting, “Nobody wants to be a leader over there anymore—we are having a hard time. We want to talk to them, and there’s nobody to talk to. We have nobody to talk to, and you know what? We like it that way.”
