Trump reminds Iran’s ayatollah he saved him from a ‘very ugly’ death

Talk of honey versus vinegar came with a reminder to Iran’s “so-called ‘Supreme Leader,’” about “very ugly” outcomes that are still on the table from President Donald Trump.

While a prolonged battle was taking place with corporate media over how military success was being covered, the United States Operation Midnight Hammer had been a swift blow to Iran’s nuclear facilities, followed shortly by a ceasefire agreement between the Islamist regime and Israel.

Despite the devastation wrought by B-2 bombers dropping bunker busters coordinated with submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei insisted on claiming Iran was victorious, leading to a reminder from the commander-in-chief that while a “VERY UGLY AND IGNOMINIOUS DEATH” had been avoided so far, things would “only get worse for them” if the Middle Eastern nation didn’t get with the “World Order flow.”

Taking to Truth Social Friday afternoon, the president began, “Why would the so-called ‘Supreme Leader,’ Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, of the war torn Country of Iran, say so blatantly and foolishly that he won the War with Israel, when he knows his statement is a lie, it is not so. As a man of great faith, he is not supposed to lie.”

“His country was decimated, his three evil Nuclear Sites were OBLITERATED, and I knew EXACTLY where he was sheltered, and would not let Israel, or the U.S. Armed Forces, by far the Greatest and Most Powerful in the World, terminate his life,” stated Trump before reminding, “I SAVED HIM FROM A VERY UGLY AND IGNOMINIOUS DEATH, and he does not have to say, ‘THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP!’”

“In fact, in the final act of War, I demanded that Israel bring back a very large group of planes, which were heading directly to Tehran, looking for a big day, perhaps the final knockout! Tremendous damage would have ensued, and many Iranians would have been killed. It was going to be the biggest attack of the War, by far,” recounted Trump, who’d navigated a prompt end to hostilities as a ceasefire had been brokered.

Meanwhile, Khamenei had continued to peddle propaganda both directly to his people and on social media as claims were made that he’d not only defeated Israel, but the United States as well.

On Thursday, he wrote on X, “My congratulations on our dear Iran’s victory over the US regime. The US regime entered the war directly because it felt that if it didn’t, the Zionist regime would be completely destroyed. It entered the war in an effort to save that regime but achieved nothing,” while another post insisted Iran had “delivered a heavy slap to the US’s face” with a readily thwarted counterstrike on an American military base in Qatar.

My congratulations on our dear Iran’s victory over the US regime. The US regime entered the war directly because it felt that if it didn’t, the Zionist regime would be completely destroyed. It entered the war in an effort to save that regime but achieved nothing.

— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) June 26, 2025

The Islamic Republic delivered a heavy slap to the US’s face. It attacked and inflicted damage on the Al-Udeid Air Base, which is one of the key US bases in the region.

— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) June 26, 2025

Failure to play nice was called out in the president’s public message to the long-reigning ayatollah, as he went on to explain, “During the last few days, I was working on the possible removal of sanctions and other things, which would have given a much better chance to Iran at a full, fast, and complete recovery — The sanctions are BITING! But no, instead I get hit with a statement of anger, hatred, and disgust, and immediately dropped all work on sanction relief, and more.”

“Iran has to get back into the World Order flow, or things will only get worse for them. They are always so angry, hostile, and unhappy, and look at what it has gotten them — A burned out, blown up Country, with no future, a decimated Military, a horrible Economy, and DEATH all around them,” said Trump. “They have no hope, and it will only get worse! I wish the leadership of Iran would realize that you often get more with HONEY than you do with VINEGAR. PEACE!!!”

Staff Writer

Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn’t researching current events and their impacts, you’ll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.

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