Trump: "The current Iranian leadership are very rational people. They are nice to deal with, they are strong and smart people. They are not radicalized, and they are looking to help their country."

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Glenn Greenwald

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I was going to put Iran's flag emoji above this tweet to reflect Trump's sentiments, but @nikitabier removed Iran's flag emoji from X -- and replaced it with the Shah-era flag -- once Israel officially said it wanted regime change. Still can't use the official Iranian flag.

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Trump: "The current Iranian leadership are very rational people. They are nice to deal with, they are strong and smart people. They are not radicalized, and they are looking to help their country."

12:25 AM · Jun 17, 2026

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