Donald Trump has finally met his match. The Iranian Supreme Leader lies just as boldly, with just as much bombast, as the American Supreme Leader.

On Thursday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei put out a video hailing Iran’s victory over Israel and the United States.

Donald Trump has taken issue with statements by Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following the war with Israel.Credit: Marija Ercegovac

Trump was shocked, shocked at this blatant lie.

“As a man of great faith, he is not supposed to lie,” the president marvelled on Truth Social.

Then Trump went on to his usual authoritarian etiquette lesson, complaining that the proper response by Khamenei to getting hit with 14 30,000-pound bombs should have been: “THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP!”

Trump said he deserved gratitude because he knew where the ayatollah was hiding and stopped Israeli and US forces from killing him. He said he made Israel recall a group of planes headed for Tehran that were, perhaps, looking for “the final knockout!”

“I wish the leadership of Iran would realise,” he tut-tutted, “that you often get more with HONEY than you do with VINEGAR. PEACE!!!”

Half an hour later, Mr Honey put out a typically vinegary post abruptly cutting off “ALL” trade talks with Canada.

Before Trump did it, with an........

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