All posts tagged "Ayatollah"

A Republican lawmaker argued Friday that President Donald Trump was using an unconventional move — and playing mind games — with Iran's leader.

Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) told TMZ that when Trump refers to the ayatollah as "the gay ayatollah" it's on purpose.

"The president wants to put as much pressure on them as he can, so he's trying to keep them off balance," Hoeven said. "So he's doing a lot of things to keep the regime, which is an irrational, oppressive regime [that] oppresses their own people."...

CNN's Dana Bash expressed her shock over President Donald Trump's latest flip-flop on the question of regime change in Iran.

Trump made his recent comments aboard Air Force One Tuesday, en route to the NATO summit in The Hague.

"I want you to listen to something else that the president said, and this is about regime change," Bash said to correspondent Erin Burnett when introducing a clip of Trump's assertion. "You talk about whiplash!" she exclaimed....