“Pahlavi Is A Zoom Call Leader" - Trump DOUBTS Reza Pahlavi As Iran’s Future Leader
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What doubts does Trump express about Reza Pahlavi's leadership?
And so this last week, when you're talking about Reza Pahlavi asking the Iranians to go on the streets, this is an interview that he got criticized for heavily because in this interview, Nora, I don't know what her last name is. Is it Nora O'Donnell? Nora O'Donnell? Nora O'Donnell from CBS?
CBS. She's an incredible journalist.
That's a very good pointed question, Rob, if you want to play this clip. Go for it.
And as you are urging people to protest and go to the streets, the death toll is rising in Iran. This violent crackdown continues just as it has in past attempted revolutions. I mean, is it responsible to be sending citizens in Iran to their deaths? Do you bear some responsibility?
As I said, as I said, as I said, this is a war, and war has casualties. In fact, in order to preserve and protect and minimize the death toll, minimize innocent victims yet again be killed by this regime, action is needed. The regime is going to try and brutalize its citizenry, as it has always done. But we are in a fight for liberation. I didn't ask the people to come to the streets to fight against the regime because I wanted so. They asked me to step in to help them and to be their voice on the outside world, to do everything that we can so we make this uprising successful this time, and I think we have some serious leaders that understand what is necessary, that understand the ask of the Iranian people and are responding to that.
I think President Trump is responding to the call that the Iranian people have. The Iranian people have heard his words.
What criticisms does Reza Pahlavi face regarding his call for protests in Iran?
They are naming streets after him in Iran. You can pause it right there.
There's a difference. So when President Trump and his team watches this, what do you think they say? Do they say, this is the guy we can get behind and help Iran be free again? Or do you think they say, I don't know if he has it or not? I don't know. Do they look at this and say, this shows strong leadership? Do they look at this and say, this guy's going to be able to go and win the people over and do that? I don't know. Here's what Trump did say. The president said, Trump praises Iran Exile Royal as very nice, but doesn't go as far as fully supporting regime change bid. Okay, Rob, is this the Hugh Hewitt clip? We've seen this one already. So I know this one here on him saying this. If you want to play this one more time, you can go ahead and play the clip.
It's only 30 seconds.
Would you meet with Crown Prince Pavlai, who is the heir to the constitutional monarchy? He doesn't want to rule. He would be a symbolic ruler like King Charles.
Well, I've watched him and he seems like a nice person, but I'm not sure that it would be appropriate at this point to do that as president. I think that we should let Everybody go out there and we see who emerges. I'm not sure necessarily that it would be appropriate.
So that's Hugh Hewitt. Now, this is an interview with Reuters on Wednesday that this is a different interview. In an Oval Office interview with Reuters, he said that while Reza Pahlavi seems like a nice guy, Trump wasn't sure the Iranian population would accept the crown prince as the country's leader. The conversation happened moments after Trump appeared to pump the brakes on an American military intervention, something the president has been threatening for weeks. as the Islamic regime has brutally cracked down on widespread protests. He seems very nice, but I don't know how he'd play within his own country, the president said of Pahlavi, and we really aren't up to that point yet. I don't know whether or not his country would accept his leadership, and certainly if they would, that would be fine with me.
Trump said it was possible that the government of Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, could fall amid the demonstrations. Though added, in truth, anti-regime can fall. Whether or not it falls or not, Whether or not it falls or not, it's going to be an interesting period of time. Trump added Pahlavi was born in Tehran, the son of the U.S.-backed Shah Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, who Iranians overthrew.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What doubts does Trump express about Reza Pahlavi's leadership?
0:00–1:44
2
What criticisms does Reza Pahlavi face regarding his call for protests in Iran?
1:44–8:17
3
What factors contribute to Trump's reluctance to fully support regime change in Iran?
8:17–14:24
4
How does the panel discuss the implications of a 'Zoom-call leader' for Iran?
14:24–15:35
5
How do the speakers assess the current situation of protests in Iran?
15:35–30:20
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