Trump expects to deal with 'whoever's running the show' in Iran

Published April 25, 2026 Updated April 25, 2026 11:53pm

US President Donald Trump has said he will deal with “whoever’s running the show” in Iran, referring to earlier comments where he suggested that he does not know “who’s in charge”.

“I’ll deal with whoever runs the show,” he tells reporters. “They don’t know, they are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership [and] in many cases, I think they’re fighting not to be the leader, because we knocked out two levels of leaders.”

Trump said he sees no reason to “wait two days, have people travelling for 16, 17 hours”, reiterating that if the Iranians want to talk, they can contact Washington.

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