Trump Confirms CIA Briefed Him That Iran's New Supreme Leader Is Gay

President Donald Trump confirmed Thursday that CIA officials briefed him on intelligence suggesting Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is gay, a revelation that could destabilize the hardline Islamic regime from within. During an appearance on Fox News’ The Five, host Jesse Watters asked Trump directly, ‘Did the CIA tell you that Ayatollah Jr. is gay?’ Trump’s response was characteristically blunt: ‘They did say that. A lot of people are saying that. Which puts them off to a bad start in that particular country, you know.’ The confirmation validates earlier reporting from The Gateway Pundit and the New York Post that U.S. intelligence agencies believe Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeded his father after the elder Ayatollah’s assassination, had a long-term sexual relationship with his childhood tutor. According to the Post, the elder Khamenei had concerns about his son’s suitability to lead precisely because of his personal life, including the alleged relationship and an ‘impotency problem’ that made finding a wife difficult. In a regime where homosexuality is punishable by death, where gay men are thrown from buildings and stoned in public, the revelation that the Supreme Leader himself may be gay represents an existential threat to the Islamic Republic’s legitimacy. The hypocrisy is staggering. The same regime that executes homosexuals, that tortures and imprisons LGBTQ Iranians, may be led by a man living a secret that would get any ordinary Iranian killed. Trump reportedly laughed when first briefed on the intelligence, finding the irony delicious. ‘No Republicans got the gay vote as I did. I’m very proud of it,’ Trump noted during the interview, referencing his growing support among gay voters who have recognized that the Republican Party under Trump has become the party of live-and-let-live, while Democrats have become the party of radical gender ideology and anti-Christian bigotry. The revelation about Mojtaba Khamenei could not come at a more consequential moment. As the U.S. military continues operations against Iran’s nuclear facilities and proxies, as the regime struggles to maintain control amid popular protests and economic collapse, the news that their Supreme Leader is living a double life may be the final crack that brings the whole edifice tumbling down. Iran’s clerical establishment chose Mojtaba to succeed his father, believing he would maintain the regime’s hardline Islamic character. Instead, they may have installed a leader whose very existence exposes the fundamental hypocrisy at the heart of their theocratic dictatorship. For the Iranian people suffering under this brutal regime, the irony is bitter but the opportunity is real.