President Trump took to Truth Social Saturday afternoon to offer his first comments on the death of Ayatollah Khameini during military strikes carried out on Iran by the United States and Israel. Calling Khamenei “one of the most evil people in History,” the president confirmed Israeli reports of the Iranian leader’s demise.
Trump wrote, “This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS. He was unable to avoid our Intelligence and Highly Sophisticated Tracking Systems and, working closely with Israel, there was not a thing he, or the other leaders that have been killed along with him, could do.”
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And he again encouraged the people of Iran to use the death of the ayatollah to “take back their Country.” The Commander in Chief also revealed the “heavy and pinpoint bombing” will continue “throughout the week or, as long as necessary to achieve our objective of PEACE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND, INDEED, THE WORLD!”
President Trump’s comments came as the UN Security Council was meeting at UN headquarters in New York City. UN Secretary General António Guterres condemned the actions of the U.S. and Israel, saying “international law and international humanitarian law must always be respected.”
You can read the president’s entire statement here:
🚨Statement from President Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/0OrCjGVupx
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) February 28, 2026
Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead. This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS. He was unable to avoid our Intelligence and Highly Sophisticated Tracking Systems and, working closely with Israel, there was not a thing he, or the other leaders that have been killed along with him, could do. This is the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country. We are hearing that many of their IRGC, Military, and other Security and Police Forces, no longer want to fight, and are looking for Immunity from us. As I said last night, “Now they can have Immunity, later they only get Death!” Hopefully, the IRGC and Police will peacefully merge with the Iranian Patriots, and work together as a unit to bring back the Country to the Greatness it deserves. That process should soon be starting in that, not only the death of Khamenei but the Country has been, in only one day, very much destroyed and, even, obliterated. The heavy and pinpoint bombing, however, will continue, uninterrupted throughout the week or, as long as necessary to achieve our objective of PEACE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND, INDEED, THE WORLD!
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
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