Trump Has Lost the Thread on Iran

President Trump seems to think that his diplomatic efforts to resolve his war against the Islamic Republic of Iran are going swimmingly.

“Yeah, I’d like to meet him,” the president said of his Iranian counterpart, Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, in an interview with the New York Post’s Miranda Devine. Trump gushed over the “respect” Iran’s new ayatollah enjoys, even if he is “missing a lot of different parts,” and Trump forecast a face-to-face with Khamenei “at some point, depending on how it all works out.” After all, he added, “we seem to be getting along quite well.”

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Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.

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President Trump seems to think that his diplomatic efforts to resolve his war against the Islamic Republic of Iran are going swimmingly.

“Yeah, I’d like to meet him,” the president said of his Iranian counterpart, Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, in an interview with the New York Post’s Miranda Devine. Trump gushed over the “respect” Iran’s new ayatollah enjoys, even if he is “missing a lot of different parts,” and Trump forecast a face-to-face with Khamenei “at some point, depending on how it all works out.” After all, he added, “we seem to be getting along quite well.”

About the Author

Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.