Posted on 06/15/2025 6:45:02 PM PDT by RandFan
Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader, according to American officials.
Details of the plan to kill Ayatollah Ali Khamenei emerged on Sunday night after Mr Trump warned Iran not to target American interests and car bombs rocked Tehran, the Iranian capital.
The White House has made clear it is intent on limiting Israel’s actions to degrading Iran’s nuclear weapons programme and does not want a wider regional war.
World leaders were due to meet in Calgary, Canada, on Monday at a G7 summit where conflict in the Middle East is expected to dominate the agenda.
Sources said Israel had briefed the Trump administration on its plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader but Mr Trump refused to approve the operation.
“Have the Iranians killed an American yet? No. Until they do we’re not even talking about going after the political leadership,” said a senior US administration official.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, shrugged off questions about the plan during a TV interview.
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I’d trust the janitor over a government official to give me the real story.
There are potential problems with anonymous sources for media stories.
—The sources may be lying. They may have a wide range of agendas that make lying a good call for them.
—The sources may have heard rumors that they are passing on as fact.
—The reporter may be making up the story. If the editor trusts them nothing stops them from doing that.
Fake story by Ravid.
Baraka Ravid fantasy.
Fake story. Barak Ravid.
Why do we get to decide that? Kill the Ayatollah.
He may say that publicly, but who knows what he says privately.
Currently there are 20 or more KC135 tankers over the Atlantic heading toward Europe. Not just a regular rotation so some thing is up.
I wonder how much of this is optics.
Just like Saudi Arabian putting out an official statement condemning the attacks, but reportedly secretly happy they’re happening cause they hate Iran, too.
Uh-huh.
https://x.com/DrEliDavid/status/1934423224923668487
https://x.com/ExxAlerts/status/1934435815746084953
Did anyone consider that Hominy on trial for, “crimes against humanity”, might be a good idea?
Because we pay the bills, sell the weapons and support them with fighters, Patriot missiles, tankers and Intel. That’s why we make the call
Because if they killed him…. Instead of this headline it would be “Trump kills Irans Supreme Leader”…. Then were part of this war.
Would be better for Iranians (maybe some with Kurdish ties) to drag him out of a dirt bunker like Saddam ended up...
How, exactly, does the President of one country “veto” the actions of another? If Israel wants to take out the Iranian leader, then they will take out the Iranian leader.
How does dictating to Israel square with staying out of their affairs?
Trump and Bibi played this deception masterfully. I’ll bet this is a continuation of that.
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5 billion dollars says you get a say over their actions
5 billion dollars says you get a say
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