Let's talk about Trump as the next Supreme Leader of Iran....
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Well, howdy there, internet people, it's Belle again. So today, we're going to talk about Trump as the next supreme leader of Iran. Okay, so we have a fun one today. There's some international reporting that is so bizarre that it caught hold in the U.S.
What bizarre claim did Trump make about Iran?
because it sounds like something Trump would say. And we've had a few questions about it. The reporting says that Trump was speaking at the RNCC and claimed that Iran asked him to be the next Supreme Leader. Further complicating things is that there's video clips of it. So, let's take the reporting at face value for a second. Trump really meant it when he said, quote, We'd like to make you the next Supreme Leader. No, thank you. I don't want it. Of all the things that didn't happen, this didn't happen the most. As we say here, Iran's government is three governments in a trench coat. The civil government, the military, and the theocratic side. Iran's government is a Republican theocracy. No, not Mississippi.
It combines Republican elements and theocratic elements.
Supreme Leader isn't comparable to the President. For the reporting to be true, Trump would have to expect us to believe that not only do the people of Iran believe he's a Muslim, they believe he's a jurist, a scholar capable of interpreting Sharia.
I don't think that's the case. Look, I'm fairly certain that if I asked Trump what Zakat was, he'd say it was a restaurant guide. Just saying. So, now that we've got that out of the way, I have to do something. I don't think that's what Trump was actually saying. I don't use clips, so I have to listen to Trump speak and read what he said more than any person should ever have to. Shortly before launching into the part that doesn't make sense, he said, quote, They are negotiating, by the way. They want to make a deal so badly, but they are afraid to say it because they figure they will be killed by their own people. They are also afraid they will be killed by us. There has never been a head of a country who wanted that job less than being the head of Iran.
So in context, I'm fairly certain Trump was actually telling a story about listening to signal intercepts, and he was saying he overheard somebody who was offered the job of Supreme Leader turn it down out of fear of U.S. forces. This also didn't happen. I have to assume two things to say that, but I think they're safe assumptions. I am pretty sure Iranian leadership didn't switch to English to help American intelligence listen in. And I'm pretty sure the guy who constantly gets misunderstood in English doesn't speak Farsi. it might be worth acknowledging that the President of the United States tells so many outlandish stories that are completely fictitious that it's pretty believable that he would claim Iran offered him the role of Supreme Leader.
Not that they did, but that he would say they did. Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a good day.
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