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Trump: Iran ‘dying to settle,’ the US ‘gave them a week off for a funeral’
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US President Donald Trump gestures after speaking at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, July 3, 2026, near Keystone, South Dakota. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
US President Donald Trump lauds US military action against Venezuela and Iran, claiming that the latter is “dying to settle” and that the United States “gave them a week off for a funeral,” referring to the state funeral for Iran’s late supreme leader Ali Khamenei who was killed in US-Israeli strikes in February.
Trump delivers the remarks at Mount Rushmore in Keystone, South Dakota.
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