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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ‘gave Trump and the US the middle finger — and that came with a price,’ president’s confidant says
https://nypost.com ^ | june 23, 2025 | Ronny Reyes

Posted on 06/23/2025 9:43:56 AM PDT by bitt

President Trump felt Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave him “the middle finger” when Iran shrugged off his push for diplomacy, solidifying his decision to bomb Tehran’s nuclear facilities, according to a new report.

In the final moments before Saturday’s airstrike, Trump’s frustration with Tehran reached its limit, with thee president sure the attack against the Fordow fuel enrichment plant would go off without a hitch — despite the flood of reports that he was still undecided.

“In the end, it was everything. The timing was right,” a Trump confidant told Axios. “The Ayatollah gave Trump and the U.S. the middle finger. And that came with a price.”

Trump had warned Tehran to agree to a new nuclear deal last week lest there be consequences. Turkey was reportedly working to put together a meeting between the Trump administration and Iranian officials.

Trump even offered to go himself and meet Iran’s supreme leader if it would mean the talks could go forward, according to reports.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ayatollahkhamenei; iran

1 posted on 06/23/2025 9:43:56 AM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 06/23/2025 9:44:13 AM PDT by bitt (<IMG SRC=' 'WIDTH=30%>)
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To: bitt

How passive aggressive feminine of them.


3 posted on 06/23/2025 9:46:46 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: bitt

One wonders therefore if they have already completed a nuclear device. Frankly, after all this time, I would be surprised if they had not.


4 posted on 06/23/2025 9:49:47 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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5 posted on 06/23/2025 9:51:44 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: bitt

They just launched a salvo at Qatar.


6 posted on 06/23/2025 9:52:17 AM PDT by Polanski
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To: Polanski

They just launched a salvo at Qatar.

If you don’t mind, where are you getting this news?


7 posted on 06/23/2025 9:56:17 AM PDT by Dacula
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To: bitt
Trump even offered to go himself and meet Iran’s supreme leader if it would mean the talks could go forward, according to reports.

That's some serious [courage].

8 posted on 06/23/2025 9:56:53 AM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: Dacula

Found it - Fox News

They just launched a salvo at Qatar.

If you don’t mind, where are you getting this news?


9 posted on 06/23/2025 9:57:53 AM PDT by Dacula
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To: bitt

Not so fast. Iranian rockets are hitting US bases in Iraq, Kuwait, and Quatar.


10 posted on 06/23/2025 9:58:13 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: Dacula

“If you don’t mind, where are you getting this news?”

Fox News reporting 6 missiles targeted our base in Qatar.


11 posted on 06/23/2025 9:58:28 AM PDT by TexasGator (1FDD logo About Issues Projects Products Connect Subscribe Invest June 19, 2025 | Insight '1-1111 -)
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To: Dacula

https://x.com/GrahamAllen_1/status/1937192149801398624


12 posted on 06/23/2025 9:59:29 AM PDT by Polanski
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To: Dacula

Charlie Kirk is live reporting this.


13 posted on 06/23/2025 9:59:29 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: vetvetdoug

“Not so fast. Iranian rockets are hitting US bases in Iraq, Kuwait, and Quatar”

What reports?


14 posted on 06/23/2025 9:59:38 AM PDT by TexasGator (1FDD logo About Issues Projects Products Connect Subscribe Invest June 19, 2025 | Insight '1-1111 -)
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To: bitt

What this will also do, quite effectively, is show other intransigents around the globe that the ‘carrot-and-stick’ is now fully effective. The next few years should be quite interesting, and perhaps constructive.


15 posted on 06/23/2025 11:39:32 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: bitt

Iran has been giving the world the finger with its terrorism since 1979.


16 posted on 06/23/2025 1:05:53 PM PDT by OpusatFR (Boll)
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