Trump Issues Dark Warning As Iran Strikes Continue

And at this point, it’s not clear who is actually in charge: A civilian element, or survivors of the IRGC chain of command.

At any rate, Iran is still a nation state, and many of its senior leaders still have the Soleimani grudge against the U.S. president.

Trump appeared to bring that up during remarks at a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, this week, acknowledging the threat while also revealing his orders to Vice President JD Vance should Iran be successful in Trump out.