Trump taunts Iran with prospect of ‘regime change’ after strike on nuclear sites

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Donald Trump raised the possibility of “changing the regime” in Iran in the wake of the United States bombing of its nuclear facilities, defying his administration’s insistence that its targets of the operation were limited.

In an explosion of social media, the American president praised the return of the B-2 bombers to the Missouri, that the damage to Iranian nuclear sites was “huge”, and a scenario in which the government might collapse in Tehran.

“It is not politically correct to use the term,” change the system “, but if the current Iranian regime is unable to make Iran a great again, why will there be a change in the system ???,” Trump wrote on the social truth. “Mega!” , Add.

Trump’s comments about Tehran come after senior US officials said they are not seeking a different government in Iran.

“Our point of view was very clear that we do not want to change the system. We do not want to fly this or build this more than it has already been built,” US Vice President JD Vance told NBC on Sunday.

“We want to end their nuclear program, then we want to talk to the Iranians about a long -term settlement,” he said.

Brent Futures Futures, the international oil standard, increased by 2.3 percent to $ 78.79 a barrel after reaching $ 81.40 a barrel, its highest level in five months.

The batch of system change by the United States can increase the deep risks of American participation that many Democrats warn and even some Republicans, especially at the non -hidden Maga base in Trump.

The strikes escalated on Sunday morning in Iran, the conflict in the Middle East, which was in a state of turmoil since Hamas’s attack on Israel in October 2023. They came more than a week with a little bit of Israel’s rocket launched in Iran and Tehran retreated from striking targets in Israel.

Before Trump’s positions, the United States claimed that it had “severe damage and destruction” on Iranian nuclear installations, in a gamble by the White House that the process could harm the Islamic Republic without provoking a military or political reaction.

General Dan Kane, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the United States, said that seven B-2 bombers shot down 14 of the Bunker Buster bomb on targets in Iran.

The shelling raid, called Midnight Hammer, was the first use in a struggle to penetrate huge munitions with a cost of 30,000 GBU-57, which is widely believed to be the only bomb capable of penetrating the Iranian nuclear site. US Defense Secretary, Beit Higseth, said Fordo was “the primary goal.”

American bombers also targeted a separate location in Natanz, while a nuclear submarine was used to launch Tomahawk missiles at a third location in Evluits.

While Verse claimed that the United States “destroyed the Iranian nuclear program” and Trump said earlier that he “blurred”, Pentagon officials were more careful pending full evaluation.

“The final battle damage will take some time, but the assessments of the initial battle damage indicate that all three sites have been severely damaged and destroyed,” General Kane said.

But Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said that the United States “crossed a very large red line” by raiding its bombing.

Tehran took more strikes against Israel, injuring 16 people.

Iranian revolutionary guards have warned the Iranian from the United States of a “regret” response that could target US military bases in the Middle East.

Houthi -backed Houthi said in Yemen that they would resume targeting American ships in the Red Sea. Some politicians in Tehran called on Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz, to disrupt oil supplies from the Gulf.

American officials said they have no plans for more attacks unless Iran responds.

“There are no planned military operations at the present time against Iran unless they spoil and attack [America] “The American interests will be, they will face a problem,” said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his country was about to achieve the goals of its military campaign in Iran.

“We have begun in this task to remove these two threats to our existence: the nuclear threat and the threat of ballistic missiles,” Netanyahu said at a press conference. “We are very close to fulfilling it.”

The United Kingdom, France and Germany invited Iran jointly to negotiate a new nuclear deal with the West.

China and Russia condemned the American attack on Iranian nuclear facilities. UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres described it as a “direct threat to international peace and security.”

Trump’s decision to join Israel’s war on Iran has raised the risk of a violent reaction from his supporters, many of whom want the United States to remain outside global conflicts.

While most Republican lawmakers supported Trump’s decision, actor Thomas Massi told the CBS that “there is no imminent threat to the United States” and the Republicans were “tired of endless wars in the Middle East.”