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cliffside

(1,596 posts)
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 09:18 PM 11 hrs ago

'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 11 hrs ago OP
"It's time to look for new leadership in the USA" FakeNoose 11 hrs ago #1
yes Skittles 11 hrs ago #3
He should practice a very harsh speech about regime change for hours in front of a mirror. Buddyzbuddy 11 hrs ago #2
Good call there Mr. Obvious. You so smart (you POS!) n/t Cheezoholic 11 hrs ago #4
Well, if Trump is for it, it can't be good. Initech 10 hrs ago #5
Mehdi Reacts to the Intense Debate Over Iran's Protests cliffside 10 hrs ago #6
I thought the CIA had settled on Son of Sam A-Schwarzenegger 9 hrs ago #7
Correction please, for Trump's 100% projection. usonian 7 hrs ago #8

FakeNoose

(40,341 posts)
1. "It's time to look for new leadership in the USA"
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 09:34 PM
11 hrs ago

... say the large majority of Americans.


Skittles

(169,802 posts)
3. yes
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 09:42 PM
11 hrs ago
"“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

Buddyzbuddy

(2,186 posts)
2. He should practice a very harsh speech about regime change for hours in front of a mirror.
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 09:40 PM
11 hrs ago

Maybe it will sink in?

cliffside

(1,596 posts)
6. Mehdi Reacts to the Intense Debate Over Iran's Protests
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 10:20 PM
10 hrs ago

"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


A-Schwarzenegger

(15,781 posts)
7. I thought the CIA had settled on Son of Sam
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 11:31 PM
9 hrs ago

er, Son of Shah, for the new regime
same as the old before the current one.

usonian

(23,700 posts)
8. Correction please, for Trump's 100% projection.
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 01:55 AM
7 hrs ago

"“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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