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cliffside

(1,631 posts)
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 09:18 PM Jan 17

'It's time to look for new leadership in Iran': Trump calls for regime change - Politico

Source: Jerusalem Post

"“What [Khameini] is guilty of, as the leader of a country, is the complete destruction of the country and the use of violence at levels never seen before," Trump said in the interview.

US President Donald Trump called for new leadership in the Islamic Republic during an interview with Politico released on Saturday.

“It’s time to look for new leadership in Iran,” he said.

This comes as Iran enters its third week of anti-regime protests triggered by economic instability within the republic..."

Read more: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-883644

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'It's time to look for new leadership in Iran': Trump calls for regime change - Politico (Original Post) cliffside Jan 17 OP
"It's time to look for new leadership in the USA" FakeNoose Jan 17 #1
yes Skittles Jan 17 #3
He should practice a very harsh speech about regime change for hours in front of a mirror. Buddyzbuddy Jan 17 #2
Good call there Mr. Obvious. You so smart (you POS!) n/t Cheezoholic Jan 17 #4
Well, if Trump is for it, it can't be good. Initech Jan 17 #5
Mehdi Reacts to the Intense Debate Over Iran's Protests cliffside Jan 17 #6
I thought the CIA had settled on Son of Sam A-Schwarzenegger Jan 17 #7
Correction please, for Trump's 100% projection. usonian Jan 18 #8

Skittles

(170,197 posts)
3. yes
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 09:42 PM
Jan 17
"“What [Trump] is guilty of, as the leader of a country, is the complete destruction of the country and the use of violence at levels never seen before"

PREACH IT

cliffside

(1,631 posts)
6. Mehdi Reacts to the Intense Debate Over Iran's Protests
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 10:20 PM
Jan 17

"How do we make sense of what’s happening inside of Iran right now, given the internet blackout and the restrictions on foreign media? Is it a new grassroots revolution of ordinary Iranians against the theocratic regime, which has been brutally suppressed with mass killings? Or a violent regime-change operation, funded and armed from outside the country by, among others, the US and Israel?

Mehdi tries to thread the needle in his monologue, above."

Just under 4 minutes


usonian

(24,104 posts)
8. Correction please, for Trump's 100% projection.
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 01:55 AM
Jan 18

"“What Trump is guilty of, as the leader of a country, is the complete destruction of the country and the use of violence at levels never seen before,"

Millions of Americans call for new leadership in the United States.

“It’s time to look for new leadership in the U.S."

Trump was visibly shaken by a football game he watched.



It's as if he had seen a ghost.

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