‘Why wouldn’t there be a regime change?’: Trump drops ‘trace’ after Operation Midnight Hammer in Iran; contradicts his own administration

President Donald Trump speaks from the East Room of the White House in Washington, as Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hear. (Carlos Barria/Pool through AP)

US President Donald Trump on Sunday (native time) appeared to help a potential regime change in Iran, seemingly contradicting his own administration’s stand that Operation Midnight Hammer – US air strikes on three nuclear websites in Iran – was not geared toward bringing about a regime change in the Islamic Republic.“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 posted on his Truth Social platform, barely tweaking his widespread “Make America Great Again” slogan.Earlier, his administration members equivalent to vice chairman JD Vance, secretary of state Marco Rubio and protection secretary Pete Hegseth, all made public remarks about how Operation Midnight Hammer was solely meant to focus on the nuclear websites, and never toppling the Iranian regime.“This mission was not and has not been about regime change,” Hegseth mentioned at a information convention which detailed the aerial bombing of the Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear websites.“Our view is very clear that we don’t want a regime change…we want to end their nuclear programme and then we want to talk to the Iranians about a long-term settlement here,” Vance informed NBC News.Speaking to CBS News, Rubio famous that the exact mission had solely three targets – the three focused nuclear websites.“It was not an attack on Iran, not an attack on the Iranian people, and this wasn’t a regime-change move,” he said.