Trump 'US Gave Iran Week Off for Khamenei Funeral'

US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) punctuated his address with a sharp, provocative swipe at Iran, claiming to have given the nation a "week off" for the funeral ceremony of slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. 

Touching on the ongoing tensions in the Middle East during his address marking America's 250th Independence Day at Mount Rushmore, the President claimed that US pressure had "broken the spirit" of the Iranian leadership, leaving them "dying to



settle."

Trump asserted that the US had granted a temporary suspension of hostilities for humanitarian reasons, stating that "we are nice people." "We knocked the hell out of Iran. 

They're dying to settle. We gave them a week off for a funeral because we're nice people," the President told the crowd. The President also pointed to successes in Venezuela, stating that his administration's swift actions saw victory over rivals in the Latin American nation.