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Donald Trump has brushed off a strange and unsettling remark from an advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, who joked on national television about the president being targeted by a drone while sunbathing at Mar-a-Lago.
”Trump can no longer sunbathe in Mar-a-Lago”
The comment came from Mohammad-Javad Larijani, a senior advisor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a broadcast on Iranian TV on July 9. While discussing Iran’s military technology, Larijani laughed as he imagined Trump being struck by a micro-drone mid-relaxation, per The Independent.
“Trump can no longer sunbathe in Mar-a-Lago,” he said. “Because while he’s lying down, a micro-drone might target and strike him right in the navel.”
Though Larijani added: “Of course, we fight like men,” seemingly walking back the threat, the statement still caught attention in the U.S., and made its way into a Fox News interview with Trump.
Asked by host Peter Doocy when he last went sunbathing, Trump deadpanned: “It’s been a long time. I don’t know, maybe I was around seven or so. I’m not too big into it.”
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