U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a multilateral lunch with African leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House July 9, 2025 in Washington, D.C. The leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal met with Trump during the luncheon. Win McNamee / Getty Images

President Donald Trump has appointed Sean Duffy, the secretary of Transportation, to a dual role as interim leader of NASA.

Javad Larijani, senior advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that Donald Trump could be killed "as he lies there with his stomach to the sun" at his Mar a Lago resort in Florida

English is the official language of Liberia, a west African nation formed by freed American and Caribbean slaves. Its capital, Monrovia, pays tribute to former U.S. President James Monroe, who provided federal government money for the then-settlement known as Liberia.

Larijani's remarks, even if intended as a joke, will add to speculation over possible retaliation by Iran for the U.S. attacks.

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Donald Trump complimented Liberian President Joseph Boakai on his English-speaking during a meeting with several African leaders at the White House in an awkward exchange

Mohammad-Javad Larijani, a former senior adviser to Iran's supreme leader has suggested that US President Donald Trump could be attacked by Iran while sunbathing at his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Florida.

While hosting leaders from five African countries at the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday (July 09) told Liberian President Joseph Boakai he spoke 'beautiful English' and asked where he learned English,