Valuetainment
"Khamenei Is A Sick Man!" - Trump TARGETS Iran As Regime MASSACRES Thousands
21 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What did Trump say about Ayatollah Khamenei and leadership in Iran?
Trump calls for new leadership in Iran, says sick man Ayatollah Khamenei has made nation worse place to live. Rob, if you got that, if you want to play that clip, and then there is a story that goes with it. Is this it? Yes. Go ahead, Rob.
Today, the president said it's time to look for new leadership in Iran. There was new calm on the streets of Tehran this weekend, but evidence of the recent unrest and violent crackdown remains. Today, Iran's Ayatollah said, we consider the U.S. president guilty both for the casualties, for the damages, and for the slander he made against the Iranian nation.
President Trump punching back, calling for an end to Khamenei's rule, adding the man is a sick man who should run his country properly and stop killing people. The exchange follows nationwide protests and a violent government crackdown. Thousands have been killed.
President Trump had threatened to take action against the regime if it did not stop killing civilians, but on Friday praised it for sparing protesters.
Did Arab and Israeli officials convince you to not strike Iran? Nobody convinced me. I convinced myself. You had yesterday scheduled over 800 hangings. They didn't hang anyone. They canceled the hangings.
And this week, satellite images showed the U.S.
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Chapter 2: How has Iran responded to recent protests and unrest?
Navy aircraft carrier, the Abraham Lincoln, which was rerouted to the Middle East amid those ongoing tensions with Iran. Meanwhile, the White House says the president has a range of options at his disposal.
Okay, so he's got a range of options at his disposal. The Iranian government came out, and they've had the internet down since the 8th. They're saying the protesting has calmed down a bit. Internet's been down since the 8th. They're saying it's going to be down until March 20th, which is Eid al-Nur, the Iranian New Year, is what they're going to be doing.
The counts you're seeing is anywhere between 3,300, 3,500, which is a low number, upwards of 16,500. You even hear some people talking about 50,000. 300,000 people have been arrested, injured. There's a lot of mess going on in Iran right now. But, Vinny, how do you process the fact that the president, it seemed like they were about to attack, nothing. Ilan, I'll come to you first.
How do you process the fact that a lot of Iranians are thinking President Trump's about to come in and do something about it, and then it seems like they took a step back? What do you think is going on there?
So we've seen Trump be unpredictable in the past and then suddenly take action when no one expects it. But if Trump does not take action after the words he spoke, I think by the Iranian perspective, the people of Iran, it'll be perceived as a massive, massive betrayal. I think that we don't actually know how bad it is. The regime is literally stopping the information from getting out.
I heard reports of them using chemical warfare.
against their own people there's just disgusting things happening and it makes us look weak if he comes out he says we're not going to allow this to happen and then allows it to happen so that's my main concern there i think this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see freedom for the iranian people these opportunities don't come often it stabilizes the entire middle east there is a massive benefit not just for the iranian people but for the entire world so if he's going to come out and talk strong i hope he takes strong action again he's unpredictable so who knows what he's actually adam
So let's discuss what Iran is good at and what they're not good at. Iran sucks at winning actual wars. The Islamic Republic of Iran, what's the last war they won against Iraq 30 years ago? So they suck at that. They certainly lost to Israel. That's without a question. They're pretty good at proxy warring. All right, let's fund Hamas. Let's fund the Houthis. Let's fund Hezbollah.
They're pretty good at that. But you know what they're the best at? Killing their own people. That's their thing.
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Chapter 3: What military actions did Trump consider regarding Iran?
So let's not lose sight of that. Iran is a Islamic thug-like regime, and the people that pay the price the most are their own people. Besides that, it's their neighbors, and then beyond that, it's the world. So you hear terms like paper tiger. They haven't done anything. They're the typical guy who talks trash. I'm gonna be, meet me outside, bro. I'll kick your ass.
And then you go outside and you kick his ass. And then the fight's over, and then they go home and they tweet, I will bring the enemy to its knees. Nobody believes you. Unfortunately, I don't know how they're going to take this guy out. They may need to wait a few more years until he's literally dead because he'll be 90-something years old. That's unfortunately the reality.
You made a great point.
Chapter 4: What are the implications of U.S. restraint in Iran?
Trump is unpredictable. I learned on this podcast, I'm talking to these guys, everybody knows what they're talking about because of what CNN or somebody told us. You don't know what he's really doing. We don't know the conversations that are happening behind the scenes.
Maybe, just maybe, he doesn't want another, besides everything that's happening in Minnesota and everything, the last thing he would want is, especially with what happened with Venezuela, another. We're going in and we're doing something else. That's one. And then number two, Pat, how much do you think of this has to do with
Him not thinking that Reza Pallavi is the leader that could, because once they go in, guys, once we go in, Pat, they need the leader. You have to have somebody there. And from the comments he made last week, I think right now he's like, oh, damn it, that's not the guy. So we can't go in there, go in there to help, and then who's going to be propped up? Another Khomeini? No, they can't do it.
So I think there's a couple of factors at play, but I do think one of the main ones is the leader isn't the leader that they thought could run the show. That could be one of the moments where he's like, okay, guys, we need to chill out. You know, try to support them as much as we can. But, dude, with them killing 16,000 to 50,000, this isn't a joke. They need the help. They need the help.
Tom, I'm going to come to you here. I'm going to read this first. So Reza Pahlavi implores Trump to follow through on Iran strikes. This is a political story. Pleaded Friday with Trump to follow through on his promise to strike the Islamic Republic. The U.S. should conduct a surgical strike on the Iranian regime. Parliamentary.
paramilitary assets to weaken Iran's government and its ability to crack down protesters. Pahlavi told reporters in Washington where he's made the rounds in recent days to garner support and position himself as the person to lead a transition in Iran should it fall.
Trump has been watching the protests closely and at first pledged very strong action should Iran execute protests, but Trump's immediate threat appears to have disappeared After Gulf Arab State and Israel have lobbied against military action at least right away, President Trump did say if the regime were to hit the Iranian people hard, they will face serious consequences.
Tom, where are you at with this?
So when Trump told the Iranian people, look, I've got your back, this goes back two weeks ago, right, exactly two weeks ago, he said, I've got your back. And instead, he said, if you kill anybody, if you're going to be hard on these protesters, look out. Here I come. And then we're getting numbers out that people have died, thousands and thousands injured, critically injured.
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Chapter 5: How is the Iranian regime handling internal dissent?
Yeah, because he made a commitment. He says, I'm going to be behind you. And now what he's saying is, well, nobody got hung yesterday. Yeah, but it looks like at least by consensus, 12,000 people have been killed.
So why would he not do anything? Why would he not keep a promise?
Was he convinced that Iran in their destabilization right now would be even more militarily irrational than normal? I think he got convinced.
What else do you think it is?
I think, you know, you you come in and you break up the party, but you have to leave an adult at the house. And I don't know if he's got that person.
Yeah, to me, when I watch this and I think about what's going on, one is, you know, reports that came to him from the Middle East, even Turkey and some of these guys saying, listen, you guys, you may not want to attack yet. Even Israel saying they're not ready yet to make the attack. Okay, let's just say that's when the intel comes in. He trusts what some of that information is going to come in.
Is Mossad giving him a report that, you know, maybe it's, a different kind of a report. He's got a guy on the inside, Lindsey Graham, that probably – how bad do you think Lindsey Graham wants to see an attack?
He was so upset that he came out of what – he's like, listen, I think we should have done – he's a war hawk.
Okay. Words can't describe it. He has such a Jones for an attack. Okay, now watch this. How many clips have you seen with Lindsey Graham being with the president in the last 30 days, 60 days? One. A ton. Well, I saw one two days ago.
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Chapter 6: What actions are being taken by Iranian leaders amid protests?
Some are saying $1.5 billion. Shown regime officials lack confidence in the economy. While specific link to him to Dubai, direct Qatar dealings aren't detailed in these reports. Though his wealth is set to be roughly $3 billion. Go a little bit lower, Rob. There was an article down there as well. Go a little bit lower right there. What is that one right there? That's a different one. Okay. Okay.
Yeah, so maybe rumors are being made that money is being moved. Scott Besson said money is being moved. So if they're moving that kind of money, why are they moving money? Maybe they're looking at other options. I don't know. And again, there's everything you see. There's stuff that you don't see that's going on behind closed doors. The majority. The majority, yes.
But there's a reason why Iran has turned off the Internet for this long. There's a reason why they've done that. They're either cleaning the house and killing everybody, okay, left and right, or they're not wanting people to see the momentum that some other people around the world are having with what's going on in Iran.
If you go to Canada, Rob, if you play that clip in Canada, this is 100,000 Canadians protesting in the snow. I don't think this is the one, Rob. Do you know which one I'm talking about? Go to my Twitter account. If you go to my Twitter account, you'll see. This is 100,000 Canadians, by the way.
These are true believers.
Yeah, and watch this. Look at this. Yeah.
Those are the right flags. Are they, Pat?
100,000. Wow. Good for them.
In the freezing cold.
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