"I Was Offered to Be Iran's Supreme Leader": Donald Trump’s Extraordinary Claim

US President Donald Trump has sparked a global media frenzy by claiming that Tehran unofficially offered him the position of Iran's Supreme Leader following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Speaking at a Republican fundraiser in Washington this Wednesday (March 25), President Trump made the startling assertion that Iranian leadership reached out to him after the joint US-Israeli operation last month. "They told me, 'We want to make you the next Supreme Leader.'

I said, 'Thanks, but I don't need that,'" Trump told the audience. He further claimed that Tehran is "desperate" for a peace deal but is paralyzed by fear of its own citizens and US military might. While Mojtaba Khamenei has already been named the successor to his late father, Trump’s remarks highlight a deep-seated psychological offensive against the Iranian regime. Critics and analysts have characterized the claim as "bizarre," suggesting it reflects the chaotic nature of current Middle Eastern diplomacy.