President Trump said Friday that regime change in Iran is “the best thing that could happen” — as he continued to threaten a US military strike if Iran failed to reach a deal with American emissaries.
Asked if he wanted regime change during a visit to North Carolina, Trump replied: “Seems like that would be the best thing that could happen.”
“For 47 years, they’ve been talking and talking and talking. In the meantime, we’ve lost a lot of lives while they talk,” he said.
“Legs blown off, arms blown off, faces blown off. We’ve been going on for a long time. So let’s see what happens. Who would you want to take over? Tremendous power has arrived, and additional power, as you know, and other carriers going out shortly, so we’ll see it now, if we could get it settled for once.”
Trump’s negotiating team — led by special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner — met last Friday with Iran’s foreign minister, who said they only discussed the country’s nuclear program, which was bombed last June by Israel and the US.
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