Trump: Iran's new Supreme Leader will not remain in power for long without my approval.

On March 8, according to ABC News, Trump stated in an interview that as Iran gets closer to electing its next Supreme Leader, the new leader "won't last long" if he doesn't approve the candidate beforehand. He said in the interview, "He has to get our approval, and if he doesn't get our approval, he won't last long. We want to make sure we don't have to repeat this every 10 years, especially when you don't have a president like me who doesn't compromise." He added, "I don't want people to have to go through the same thing again in 5 years, and worse, we absolutely cannot let them have nuclear weapons." (Jin Shi)