‘Death to America’: Iran’s ‘Supreme Leader’ Calls Trump a Liar, Doubles Down on Anti-U.S. Rhetoric

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched a blistering verbal assault on the United States and President Donald Trump during a nationally televised speech, calling Trump a liar who brings shame on the American people, as the regime’s signature chant “Death to America” rang out repeatedly. The remarks were aired Saturday on Iran’s state-run Channel 1 and featured a crowd erupting multiple times into chants of “Death to America,” “Death to England,” and “Death to Israel,” as Khamenei accused U.S. leaders of using military power to spread war.

“Some of the things the U.S. President said in his recent visit to the region are not even worthy of a response,” Khamenei declared, according to a MEMRI translation of the broadcast, before adding: “The level of the things he said is so low that it shames the speaker himself as well as the American people.” The audience responded with applause and renewed anti-American chants.

Khamenei then directly attacked President Trump, who recently visited the Middle East, accusing him of lying about promoting peace through strength. “Trump said that he wanted to use power for peace. He is lying,” Khamenei stated, as the crowd again chanted “Death to America” several times in unison. (Read More)