Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images President Donald Trump told a reporter on Sunday of the strike that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, “I got him before he got me. They tried twice. Well I got him first.” ABC’s Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl spoke with the president on Sunday night, and relayed the quote in an X post , explaining that it was a reference to a 2024 plot to kill Trump. The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment. Read more at The Daily Beast.