Controversial Trump prison cell billboard in Iran ends with 'US President executed'

A controversial billboard in Iran depicting Donald Trump in a prison cell has ended in sickening scenes in front of a huge crowd. Earlier this week, images and video was shown online of an actor in a Donald Trump-like mask being in a mock prison. The actor was placed in a mock jail that was installed on a billboard at Tajrish Square in Tehran days ago, reportedly from mid-October. However, following Trump and Republican's dismal midterm performance, the controversial billboard has ended today (November 4) in horrifying scenes.

According to footage shared by Iranian news outlet Fars News Agency, the actor playing Trump was seen being executed by hanging in front of a packed crowd in the Iranian capital . Trump's continued conflict of Iran was noted in messages played on the billboard with some appearing to show war statistics. The United States' conflict with Iran has continued since Trump's forces struck Iran back in February this year. It comes as Trump admitted that his war with Iran that caused rising fuel costs as the reason for Republican's poor showing in the midterms.

Democrats in the US are now riding their sweep of Congress into a new era to confront Trump’s final years in the White House. Democrats ousted Republicans from coast to coast, with many surprising places in between, as voters rejected the president’s party for the promise of something different for the country. Their majorities will be padded by wide margins in both the House and the Senate. Trump acknowledged the Iran war impacted the midterm elections but said the “Iran thing” was something he had to do.

He suggested he could work with the Democrats, but he also warned of gridlock ahead as he threatened to use the power of the presidential veto to strike down their agenda. “I don’t want to be just sitting there for two years vetoing everything,” he told Politico. Trump said he was not considering replacing defence secretary Pete Hegseth, despite voter dissatisfaction with the war, saying Mr Hegseth was “doing a great job”. Vice president JD Vance, often eyed as Trump’s likely successor at the White House, also blamed the president’s war in Iran for Republicans’ midterm disaster.

In a lengthy online post, Vance seemingly sought to distance himself from election results seen as a referendum on Trump that featured big Republican losses across the country. “The reason we lost is the war,” Mr Vance wrote, adding, “If you’d like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that’s at least honest.”