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"I don't want it": Trump says US is not seeking regime change in Iran
From CNN's Alejandra Jaramillo
President Donald Trump said today that he does not want a regime change in Iran because he does not want to see “chaos.”
Asked to clarify a social media post from over the weekend where he floated the possibility of regime change, Trump told reporters on Air Force One: “No, if there was, there was, but no I don’t want it. I’d like to see everything calm down as quickly as possible.”
“Regime change takes chaos, and ideally we don’t want to see so much chaos,” the president added. “You know, the Iranians are very good traders, very good business people, and they’ve got a lot of oil. They should be fine. They should be able to rebuild and do a good job. They’re never going to have nuclear but other than that, they should do a great job.”
Trump had raised the possibility of a change in leadership in Iran after the US struck three Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend.
“It’s not politically correct to use the term, ‘Regime Change,’ but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change??? MIGA!!!”
Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday.