“President Trump says he must be involved in choosing Iran’s next supreme leader.”
“He is thinking of Venezuela – the deputy president Delcy Rodrigues was selected by President Trump to replace Maduro after he was captured and whisked away to a US jail.”
“She was Maduro’s Vice President?”
“Hmmmmm.”
“What are you thinking? It’s a fact – Rodrigues was the Vice President when Maduro was President, and now she is the President, I am not sure whether she is still an interim president or not.”
“Interim or not – it doesn’t matter if there are no other contenders on the horizon.”
“I get it, so if Shehbaz Sharif is whisked away the…”
“Don’t be facetious.”
“But a deputy is a deputy and if the first in command is incapacitated the deputy will take over.”
“If the Sharifs go, no one will elevate the deputy I reckon.”
“Why do you say that?”
“Remember what The Rana said last year – that the Interior Minister could well have been appointed as the prime minister – I assume he didn’t want that job.”
“I thought The Rana was being facetious?”
“Don’t think so, any way going back to President Trump’s statement that he must be involved in choosing the next Supreme Leader surely he must realize that he is not a Shia Muslim…”
“Really that’s what concerns you! A precedent must be set – I propose that the President of the US may first be empowered to select the Pope.”
“Not a bad idea. President Trump’s appointments indicate that he is a trailblazer and if he selects the Pope we in Pakistan would or should be very happy.”
“How come?”
“Our farsighted Interior Minister has made contact with the Pope already, there is a picture to prove it, and in our history I reckon he is the only one who…”
“Wasn’t it with the Pope who is now deceased?”
“Oh shut up.”
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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