“Pahlavi Is A Zoom Call Leader" - Trump DOUBTS Reza Pahlavi As Iran’s Future Leader
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🗓️ 17 January 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Trump signals doubts about Reza Pahlavi’s ability to lead Iran, calling him “nice” but questioning real support on the ground. The panel debates whether Iran needs a battle-tested leader, why Trump won’t fully back regime change, and why a “Zoom-call leader” won’t close the deal.
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| 0:00.0 | And so this last week, when you're talking about the Reza Pal, I be asking the Iranians to go on the streets, this is an interview that he got criticized for heavily. Because in this interview, Nora, I don't know what her last name is it, Nora O'Donnell. Nora O'Donnell from, is this CBS? She's an incredible journalist. She has a very good pointed question, Rob, if you want to play this clip, go forward. And as you are urging people to protest and go to the streets, the death toll is rising |
| 0:27.6 | in Iran. |
| 0:28.6 | This violent crackdown continues just as it has in past attempted revolutions. |
| 0:34.6 | I mean, is it responsible to be sending citizens in Iran to their deaths? |
| 0:40.3 | Do you bear some responsibility? |
| 0:42.3 | As I said, as I said, this is a war, and war has casualties. In fact, in order to preserve and protect and minimize the death toll, |
| 0:52.3 | minimize innocent victims yet again be killed by this regime. |
| 0:56.8 | Action is needed. The regime is going to try and brutalize its citizenry as it has always done. |
| 1:02.8 | But we are in a fight for liberation. I didn't ask the people to come to the streets to fight against the regime because I wanted so. |
| 1:13.6 | They asked me to step in to help them and to be their voice on the outside world, to do everything that we can. |
| 1:21.6 | So we make this uprising successful this time. And I think we have some serious leaders that understand what is |
| 1:31.5 | necessary, that understand the ask of the Iranian people and are responding to that. I think |
| 1:36.8 | President Trump is responding to the call that the Iranian people have. The Iranian people have |
| 1:43.2 | heard his words. They are naming |
| 1:45.2 | streets after him in Iran. You can pause right there. There's a difference. So when President |
| 1:50.9 | Trump and his team watches this, what do you think they say? Do they say this is the guy we can |
| 1:58.3 | get behind and help Iran be free again? |
| 2:03.4 | Or do you think they say, I don't know if he has it or not? |
| 2:03.8 | I don't know. |
| 2:06.4 | Do they look at this and say this show strong leadership? |
| 2:13.0 | Do they look at us and say, this guy's going to be able to go and, you know, get, win the people over and do that? |
| 2:13.4 | I don't know. |
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