Mara Liasson

So as I was doing research for this story, I found an interview that he did with Larry King on CNN.

I think it was maybe it was 1999.

It was a really long time ago.

And Larry King was like, you put your name on everything.

Are you running for president?

Are you going to put your name on the White House?

And President then businessman Trump said, no, I promise I will not put my name on the White House.

But he is certainly putting his stamp on the White House and on Washington, D.C.

more broadly.

And I'm Mara Liason, senior national political correspondent.

Greg, unless Trump wants to leave most of the rulers in Iran the same, just like Venezuela, get rid of the lead singer, but the band keeps playing.

The president was asked by Jonathan Karl of ABC if he had people in mind who could be the next leaders of Iran.

And he said yes.

I think he said he had three in particular in mind, but they were all killed in the bombing of the supreme leader.

So it sounded like the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing, and there wasn't much of a clear strategy.

If you wanted to keep these people alive to be the next rulers, why did you kill them?

It's possible that Trump is setting up a situation where he doesn't take blame for whatever happens.

He's basically saying it's up to the people of Iran to take back their government.

I'm giving them an opportunity.

He says it will be yours to take and it will be your only chance for generations.