'Expected him to be unpopular': Trump shocked by Khamenei funeral turnout US President Donald Trump has said he was "shocked" by the massive turnout at the funeral of Iran’s assassinated supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying he had expected the late leader to be widely unpopular. Trump told Axios, "I was shocked. I thought people hated him.”  "Maybe it's fake tears," he said, after seeing mourners crying during the funeral ceremonies.