President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that he is an “easy target” and “our patience is wearing thin,” before demanding Tehran surrender in its escalating conflict with Israel.

“We know exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“He is an easy target, but is safe there - We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now,” he wrote after declaring “total control” over Iran’s airspace.

“But we don’t want missiles shot at civilians, or American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin.”

Trump in a subsequent post made clear what he does want from Iran: “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!”

The Trump administration has insisted that the U.S. is not directly involved in what Israel called a preemptive strike against Iran on Friday, which kicked off five days of missile fire between the two regional powers.

But Trump’s latest comments suggest the U.S. is now at least willing to threaten direct military intervention as it backs Israel’s effort to bring Tehran to heel.

>https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/17/trump-iran-israel-khamenei.html

>>1414036 (OP) (Cont, fuck forgot the thread pic but imagine the tweet he sent with this info)
The U.S. president’s threat against Khamenei came two days after news outlets reported that Trump had vetoed a plan by Israel to assassinate the ayatollah.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday downplayed his reported disagreement with Trump over Khamenei, saying, “I wouldn’t rush to conclusions.”

The New York Times reported Monday that Trump is weighing whether to help Israel destroy Iran’s underground uranium enrichment facility at Fordo, which could only be accomplished with the U.S.′ biggest “bunker buster” bomb.

The White House did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment on that report, or on other questions about the latest developments in the Israel-Iran conflict.

U.S. stocks slid Tuesday afternoon as the geopolitical tensions mounted. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 300 points, or 0.7%, while the S&P 500 declined 0.8% and the Nasdaq dropped 0.9%.

Crude oil futures jumped more than 3% to above $74 per barrel around 2 p.m. ET.

The Pentagon, meanwhile, is moving more warships and another aircraft carrier to the Middle East, NBC News reported Tuesday. The U.S. previously deployed military assets to the region to help Israel shoot down Iranian missiles and projectiles, according to NBC.

Trump is expected to hold a meeting in the Situation Room on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the Israel-Iran conflict with his top national security advisors.

>>1414039 (Cont)
On Monday, Trump abruptly returned to Washington, D.C., from Canada, where he had traveled for a meeting of the Group of Seven nations.

Before he left, Trump criticized the G7 for kicking Russia out of the group in 2014 after its annexation of Crimea.

Trump teed up Tuesday’s threat against Khamenei with an earlier social media post declaring, “We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran.”

Tehran “had good sky trackers and other defensive equipment, and plenty of it, but it doesn’t compare to American made, conceived, and manufactured ‘stuff,’” Trump wrote.

“Nobody does it better than the good ol’ USA.”

OTHER SOURCES:
>https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-858091
>https://www.ft.com/content/00996449-94bf-48d5-ad8c-21eef78a91f4
>https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/06/17/israel-palestinians-iran-war-latest-06-17-2025/3b13c936-4b42-11f0-8fff-262d6ec54ab9_story.html

Why hasn't the entirety of the middle east been glassed yet?

>>1414036 (OP)
I voted for this.

>>1414042
Why is Trump dragging us into a foreign war that our own ally started? Defensive alliances don't including backing up acts of aggression.

>>1414047
Because the political class of the US is being held captive by Mossad blackmail
>inb4 source
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13567735/jeffrey-epstein-mossad-agent-ghislaine-maxwell-ex-girlfriend-claims.html
>A former girlfriend of the disgraced financier is suing his estate over claims he raped her at his New York mansion and claimed he was an Israeli spy.
>The woman from California, referred to as Jane Doe 200, filed the lawsuit in Manhattan Federal Court on Monday and claimed she met Epstein in Los Angeles in 2000.
>She said the late sex trafficker suggested he was a Mossad agent like Maxwell's father and was warned 'that it was not good to be Epstein’s enemy.'
>Doe claimed their relationship was platonic before it became romantic and he later sexually assaulted her at his Upper East Side home in the fall of 2001.
Who flew on the Lolita Express? Trump.

>>1414036 (OP)
Remember when Trump was anti-war?
Or rather, remember when Trump said he was anti-war and retards believed him?

>>1414050
I remember when he used to blame Obama for starting wars which had nothing to do with the US (and retards believed him).

>>1414049
Man, imagine if one of them had the balls to just rip the bandaid off and expose all of it all at once. The shock of the whole thing would probably even let the lot of them escape with minimal consequences.

>>1414052
>The shock of the whole thing would probably even let the lot of them escape with minimal consequences.
They killed Epstein in a maximum security prison while he was under constant watch, anon.
Look at the face Kash Patel, the director of the FBI, makes when talking about this shit on FOX.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqI_sFSPbJQ
He looks like he saw a ghost.

>>1414051
War what's it good for, absolutely..... Taking people's mind off Epstein and my abysmal ratings. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ztZI2aLQ9Sw&pp=ygUod2FyIHdoYXQncyBhIGdvb2QgZm9yIGFic29sdXRlbHkgbm90aGluZw%3D%3D

>>1414057
>He looks like he saw a ghost.
What happens when a spook becomes a spook? It gets spooked

>>1414036 (OP)
Reminder Tulsi Gabbard, currently Trump's intel chief, said UNDER OATH just a month ago the Iranian government was not close to making a nuclear weapon.

Meaning either:
>Trump is lying
or
>Gabbard lied under oath

>>1414047
>Why is Trump dragging us into a foreign war that our own ally started? Defensive alliances don't including backing up acts of aggression.
It doesn't get stated enough that *Israel is not our ally*. We do not have an alliance with Israel. We aren't under an obligation to protect them. They aren't under an obligation to protect us. No defense pact binds up. We have never fought side by side in a war.

Which makes this bullshit all the fucking stupider.

>>1414069
wait we fucking don't?

>>1414069
>It doesn't get stated enough that *Israel is not our ally*
Tell that to Jared Kushner.

>>1414064
Let's see
>Tulsi's testimony was consistent with intel statements from the US going back 2 decades
>Trump's a pathological liar and complete fuckwit that doesn't even read his briefings and has surrounded himself with even slimier snakes than his last administration, many of which would gladly manipulate him into war with Iran
Gee, I fucking wonder.

Speaking of his last administration, remember when Bolton tried to middleman himself into convincing the Pentagon that Trump had ordered an invasion of Venezuela?

>>1414070
Yeah Israel isn't a member of NATO.

>>1414074
Oh, ok. So Repubs are just complete fucking hypocrites perfectly fine supporting wars of aggression but find it completely appalling to support defense against an invasion.

Like I knew this before, but holy shit.

>>1414070
No. No we do not. We've got alliances with most of the Americas (albeit most of those are semi-defunct), Europe, Australia, South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and Thailand.

We also don't have one with Taiwan.

Israel not having an alliance with us goes back to the fact that back to their founding when the first two countries to extend major diplomatic efforts towards them were the USA and the USSR so they ended up politically neutral through the Cold War after receiving major support from both.

Here's a full list of our defensive agreements, if you're curious.
>https://2009-2017.state.gov/s/l/treaty/collectivedefense/

>>1414075
Republicans have never met a principle.

>>1414047
Just like that time President Trump started WWIII by being firm with Kimmy and North Korea, right?

>>1414072
I couldn't. I'd have to stop spitting in his face.

>>1414078
>being firm with Kimmy and North Korea
What kind of revisionist cope is this?

>>1414078
There's a hard difference between taunting NK and THREATENING TO KILL THE LEADER OF A COUNTRY THE US ISN'T EVEN AT WAR WITH. Fucks sake we should be ditching Israel completely on this; they started this fight, and Trump is lying to the US populace directly.

And for fucks sake, if he was so concerned about them having a nuke he shouldn't have pulled us out of obama's agreement with them.

USA better not butt into People's war, stooooop

>>1414082
>And for fucks sake, if he was so concerned about them having a nuke he shouldn't have pulled us out of obama's agreement with them.
This has literally fuck all to do with Iran having a nuke. Iran doesn't have a nuclear weapons program. The cause of this shit is Iran's allies all having gotten fucked/gotten themselves fucked over the past decade so they're vulnerable, Iran being about to enter into another nuclear deal, and Netanyahu about to starve all the Gazans to death and needing another war going on to keep himself in power since the second his war cabinet falls apart he's getting removed and tossed in prison for the rampant corruption and also as a scapegoat for failing to prevent Jan 6th, the mishandling of the war in Gaza, the weakening of Israel's international standing, and soon, the damage from the war with Iran.

As for why the USA will get involved if we do, it's because MIC and evangelical death cult investment in Israel.

>>1414082
Nah. These two events are the same: The President issuing a firm warning to stop fighting and embrace peace. Why do you hate peace, anon?

>>1414088
can you get his cock out your mouth and get a real job

>>1414088
No one was actively bombing North Korea you fucking retard.

>>1414090
So you're a homophobe as well as supporter of anti-semitic genocide.

>>1414092
i know you're not american but are you really too dumb to understand figures of speech? anon, you're too dumb to speak, you should be listening only

>>1414093
Figures of speech like that spread harmful stereotypes that harm oppressed minorities. Maybe educate yourself anon, stop punching down, and be better.

>>1414095
you've lost your privileges anon, you're no longer being taken seriously because you're fucking retarded. at least you've stopped sucking trump off in the mean time, though i'm sure that will resume shortly to everyone's chagrin

>>1414069
I learned today.
Fucking christ.

>>1414096
Hmmmm...nah. I will always fight for justice and equality, unlike you who is so lacking in basic empathy you support the genocide of the Jewish people. Kinda reminds me of some other people...

>>1414099
how is making fun of you for shoving your whole nose in trump's ass antisemitic? oh, that's right, you're retarded and your opinion should be ridiculed

>>1414099
Not him but fighting for the right wing ideologues in charge of Israel, which is what you're doing, isn't the same as protecting jewish people from genocide.

>>1414101
>isn't the same as protecting jewish people from genocide.
Israel's survival is contingent on American aid.
If you're against sending aid to Israel, then it naturally follows that you support the consequences of what would follow.

>>1414102
Israel literally started this current conflict and is fully capable of defending themselves without us.

>>1414103
You're arguing with a braindead ESL shill taking up deliberately retarded positions to attempt to troll you.

>>1414102
>Israel's survival is contingent on American aid.
I'm fine with Israel not surviving. It seems to drag the people there into a lot of wars. Frankly I'd be okay with occupation and regime change.

>>1414102
I stop caring about protecting a state from genocide and war when said state starts committing genocide and starting wars.

>>1414103
>b-but Israel did this and according to the charter of-
It doesn't matter. This is the current situation now.
If you want to cut ties with Israel, many jews would be die and/or be displaced from the region.
Progressive democrats play this weird shell game to try to justify genocide, but it literally doesn't matter, because that's the consequence of your preferred foreign policy decisions.
At least >>1414105 is honest. He doesn't give a shit about being antisemitic.

>>1414107
Weird how you shills claim jews are in charge of Ukraine but come to the exact opposite conclusion in regards to defending them.
Its almost like you don't have any scruples, and just claim whatever to justify your bullshit positions.

>>1414107
>He doesn't give a shit about being antisemitic.
Nothing I said was antisemitic. Also pretty sure bringing Israel completely under the US military umbrella would put the Jews there at less risk.

I genuinely cannot fathom how "war criminals should be executed" sounds antisemitic to you. What the fuck do you think Jews are? What the fuck is wrong with you, bastard?

>>1414057
It's real easy to kill a suicidal man. You just have to give him enough tools to make him do it. The camera wouldn't have captured a damn thing, because he was dead the moment he was let out of suicide watch.
>>1414107
They started it, they should finish it. They have the best technology in the region and have a similar level of technological advantage to the US. If that's not enough, they deserve what's coming to them.

>>1414109
Republicunts love supporting Israel because it lets them kill brown people while helping advance the end times according to their crazy sky daddy book.
The fact that they can send military aid meant for Ukraine to Israel instead to help Russia behind some plausible deniability is the cherry on top

>>1414112
it really is amazing that this coalition of neonazis and israelis committing genocide is maintained by an ultimate goal which is literally the apocalypse. abraham has got some splainin to do

>>1414108
I don't support the war in Ukraine because it's literally jews funding slavs to kill other Christian slavs so the Ashkenazis can reclaim their ancestral homeland.
I also don't want the jews to be genocided for the same reason I don't want the slavs to be genocided. I just wish they would chill out and stop destabilizing foreign countries.

>>1414109
>bringing Israel completely under the US military umbrella would put the Jews there at less risk
Did you not notice the American carriers going over there right now

>>1414114
try facebook, shill. you're supposed to target the lowest common denominator with your obvious bullshit, which means boomers

>>1414116
You will never be an American.

>>1414118
aww, copying me again, shill? i appreciate the love

>>1414119
And you will never have your homeland again.

>>1414061
Jeets aint spooks. they spooky though

>>1414115
>Did you not notice the American carriers going over there right now
Yes, and? If they weren't there Iran would be taking even more fire. Speaking of, none of those missiles would be landing if they were actually occupied.

Course if they were actually occupied and Bibi were hanging from a gallows, there wouldn't be a war happening right now either. That's a very different universe than the one we're in. Still, one can dream.

We all know: 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500, USA

1100 S. Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach, Florida, United States

very well guarded places. and Iran aint about to drop a bomb on them. Ayatollah needs a real deep bunker and a few body doubles

>>1414069
>Israel is not our ally
I mean not literally because they're evil. But they're the fascist dictator Trump's ally and he is leading our country at the moment.

>>1414128
>But they're the fascist dictator Trump's ally
I'm pretty sure Bibi would castrate and then execute Trump on live television with a rusty knife if it kept him in office for one more hour.

We won't go to war, and if we did, it would be because Trump saw something that we did not. I trust Trump. I trust the 4D chestmaster. What ever Trump choose will be best root. And if there is war maybe it will make the zoomzooms and alphas real men, because they need it.

>>1414170
We've always been at war with Eastasia.

>>1414050
>>1414051
A Tweet by Trump in 2011
'In order to get elected, @Barack Obama will start a war with Iran'
Remember what happened to GW Bush? Prepare to have the same done to you by the GOP, Trumpy.
Those cruise missiles launched at Syria in 2017 should have told you something about some... thing you previously voted for. Here's your 'Fell For It Again' award, Trumptards.

>>1414170
>I trust the 4D chestmaster
>chest
>the thing with a torso looking as if it was designed by the same morons that came up with a fuckup of an EV
So you trust Elongated Muskrat who has a body as retarded as his Ketamine-raped autism-diseased brain cell. Gotcha. Or in Soviet America, Got is you

>>1414182
>>1414178
You are replying to one of your own

>>1414212
What does this even mean?

>>1414212
You are as autistic as Elol, because you don't recognize sarcasm

>>1414036 (OP)
So what is the "big surprise" Khamenei promised?

Gotta love all the people itt that have forgotten that time when North Korea was making so many threats people were getting worried they might actually start something. Only for President Trump to yell at lil' Kim, which prompted everyone to predict Trump had started WWIII. Instead NK sat back down.

>>1414429
Except that isn't what happened. Trump and Kim exchanged love letters instead.

>>1414432
So he turned a bad situation into a positive one?

>>1414433
No he gave Kim even more legitimacy in negotiations he's been trying to swing around ever since. If the little shit was ignored the same thing would've happened without NK thinking they're a real power.

>>1414069
It's not even about protecting Israel either, it's just about Netanyahu trying to hold on to power at any cost.

>>1414450
What negotiations? Nobody has negotiated with him besides trump