President Donald Trump has been doing a lot of talking tough about Iran, especially following a weekend of the sides firing on one another, putting thoughts of peace in the region in peril. However, when he called into Fox & Friends First on Monday morning, the president seemed to forget the name of the Iranian Supreme Leader.
According to the Irish Star, the president “sparked new concerns over his cognitive health during a live interview after confusing two major Iranian figures while bragging about his military record.”
In the interview, Trump claimed that “I killed Khomeini, who was a brilliant but mad general,” before correcting himself to say “Soleimani,” who he called “one of the really, really bad people in this whole thing, but he was good at what he did.”
Trump confuses names:
I killed Khomeini, who was a brilliant but mad general.
Soleimani—I killed Soleimani. pic.twitter.com/clADvA6PBJ
— Clash Report (@clashreport) July 13, 2026
It appeared that Trump meant to refer to Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, who was killed in a U.S. strike in 2020, during Trump’s first term. Ruhollah Khomeini was the ayatollah and Supreme Leader of Iran who led the Iranian revolution in 1979, although he died in 1989. Trump cannot claim credit for the death of Khomeini, who died of heart failure long before Trump was in office.
Ali Khamenei was the Supreme Leader for many years before he was killed in a strike earlier this year; he’s since been succeeded by his son, Mojtaba Khamenei.
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Social media users noted how disturbing it was that the president got so confused.
Despite being an idiot, the use of “I killed” shows he is also an evil psychopath. https://t.co/uRuQFFlW8f
— Sean Galloway (@SeanGalloway_) July 13, 2026
So many bodies you be forgetting sometimes https://t.co/OvGvVZx6OU
— El Ricky (@Indikur) July 13, 2026
bruh is 80 lol
i said before he needs help bad, kushner just tell him go kill and colonize lol https://t.co/fsSKb2bneq
— Mohammed Ali Adie (@austismospeaksx) July 13, 2026
🎙️ TRUMP’S LIVE MIX-UP: “I KILLED KHOMEINI… SOLEIMANI”
President Donald Trump had a classic slip of the tongue during a live phone interview on Fox & Friends, briefly confusing Iran’s former Supreme Leader with its top general.
“Had I not killed Khomeini, who was a brilliant… pic.twitter.com/aVYU0PjJL4
— Predictivemoney (@Predictivemoney) July 13, 2026
🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump gets his Iranians mixed up:
“I killed Khomeini, who was a brilliant but mad general.
Soleimani… I killed Soleimani”
Ayatollah Khomeini died from heart failure in 1989…
Writer: Michael pic.twitter.com/0Ph4rHJbki
— Chukwudi Jnr (@BigCkChuks) July 13, 2026
Photo courtesy of an X screenshot.
