Donald Trump sparked fresh outrage in Washington and online on Thursday after telling reporters at the White House that he would be 'honoured' to meet Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, despite a US strike that killed members of the ayatollah's family. Speaking in the Oval Office, the 79-year-old president brushed aside a question about whether the killing might fuel resentment, saying he was 'not his favourite person' but insisting Khamenei was 'a professional'.
The remarks came as Trump faced mounting political pressure over his three-month-old war against Iran. On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives approved a war powers resolution aimed at stopping further military action, with a handful of Republicans joining Democrats in a rare rebuke of the president.
