President Trump said he was "disappointed" by the selection ofMojtaba Khameneias the country's new Supreme Leader, but said he likes "the idea" of someone "internal" leading the country "because it works well."
The president pointed to the ouster of Venezuela's former president, Nicolás Maduro, and Delcy Rodríguez taking over in the interim. Rodríguez was vice president.
"I think we've proven that so far in Venezuela," Mr. Trump said. "She's doing a great job."
President Trump said "no" when asked whether the war could be over this week, but added that it would end "soon."
President Trump warned that if Iran tries to block the oil supply, it will get hit "much, much harder." Referring to the energy sector, he threatened to "take out those targets" quickly.
"They'll never be able to recover ever," Mr. Trump said. "We will hit them so hard that it will not be possible for them or anybody else helping them to ever recover that section of the world if they do anything."
President Trump told reporters that the U.S. has struck more than 5,000 targets, but has left some key targets "for later."
"We've left some of the most important targets for later," Mr. Trump said, noting the targets involve "electricity production and many other things."
"So we're not looking to do that if we don't have to," he said. "But they're the kind of things that are very easy to hit, but very devastating if they are hit. We are waiting to see what happens before we hit them."
President Trump, still speaking to the House GOP conference, said Israel would have been "wiped out" if the U.S. didn't send B-2 bombers to Iran, seemingly referring to an earlier set of June 2025 strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Source: Drudge Report
