In a recent statement, President Trump issued a stern warning to the Iranian regime, referring to them as “deranged scumbags” and promising a display of “unparalleled firepower” on Friday.
This bold proclamation followed the first public address by Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, and occurred after two violent incidents involving extremists at a synagogue and a college in the United States on Thursday.
“We are completely dismantling the terrorist regime in Iran through military, economic, and other means. However, the Failing New York Times would have you believe otherwise,” Trump posted on Truth Social early Friday morning. He elaborated that Iran’s naval and air forces have been obliterated, missiles and drones neutralized, and their leadership eliminated.
Trump took pride in the might of the U.S. military, highlighting its “unparalleled firepower, limitless ammunition, and ample time.”
“Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today,” Trump declared.
He further claimed, “For 47 years, they’ve been taking innocent lives around the globe, and now, as the 47th President of the United States, I am putting an end to their reign. It is an honor to do so! Thank you for your attention to this matter,” Trump concluded.
The Israeli military announced it had launched a “wide-scale wave of strikes” across Iran on Friday, targeting an underground ballistic missile facility, an aerial defense base and command centers.
Khamenei – who has not been seen since the joint US-Israel operation in Iran on Feb. 28 – used his inaugural speech to call for the Islamic Republic to “obtain compensation” from its enemies.
“If it refuses, we will take from its assets to the extent we deem appropriate, and if that is not possible, we will destroy its assets to the same extent,” Khamenei said.
The speech is believed to have been used to activate Iranian sleeper cells abroad to commit attacks against Israeli and American targets.
“These are desperate measures by a collapsing regime that sees no other choice but to escalate,” Khosro Isfahani, the research director for the Washington-based National Union for Democracy in Iran (NUFDI), told The Post Thursday.
Law enforcement agencies around the world have been on heightened alert for possible attacks from Tehran sympathizers.
On Thursday, convicted ISIS terrorist Mohamed Bailor Jalloh allegedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” before opening fire inside a classroom at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., killing Lt. Col. Brandon Shah.
Shah, the decorated chair of the university’s military science department, had completed several tours with the Army since he enlisted in 2003, including deployment to support Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and a rotation to Atlantic Resolve.
A second unhinged terrorist, inspired by ISIS, rammed an explosives-filled car into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Mich.
The armed driver, identified as 41-year-old Lebanese-native Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, was found dead inside the car, which was loaded with mortar shells, after the temple’s security opened fire when they plowed through the entrance, police and sources said.
Temple Israel, which hosts a preschool along with the synagogue, did not report any injuries from students or staff members.
Ghazali had at least four relatives, including a sibling, killed days earlier in deadly Israeli strikes against Hezbollah targets in Beirut last Saturday, sparking a possible motive for Thursday’s failed attack, investigation sources told The Detroit News.
It was not immediately clear if Jalloh or Ghazali were inspired by Khamenei’s address.
The new Iranian leader’s whereabouts have been questioned since the death of his father, Ali Khamenei, as initial conflicting reports claimed the son was killed in the same strikes that eliminated his father, wife and sister.
Despite the elusiveness of Mojtaba, Trump believes the mullah is alive.
“I think he probably is. I think he’s damaged, but I think he’s probably alive in some form,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News Radio host Brian Kilmeade.
