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(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump connected Sunday floated the thought of a authorities alteration successful Iran, contradicting messaging from his apical nationalist information advisers.
“It’s not politically close to usage the term, ‘Regime Change,’ but if the existent Iranian Regime is incapable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, wherefore wouldn’t determination beryllium a Regime change??? MIGA!!!” Trump wrote connected his Truth Social platform.
Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio spent overmuch of Sunday insisting U.S. attacks connected Iranian atomic sites were aimed astatine toppling the Islamic Republic's atomic abilities — not its leader.
“We don’t privation to execute authorities change. We privation to execute the extremity of the Iranian atomic program,” Vance told ABC News. “That’s what the president acceptable america retired to do.”
The mixed messages from the medication astir the "Midnight Hammer" cognition came arsenic immoderate members of Congress questioned the legality of the strikes connected Iran, which were carried retired without legislature approval.
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., introduced a solution to artifact subject enactment against Iran unless explicitly authorized by Congress.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has called for Trump's impeachment, penning connected societal media that the determination to weaponry Iran was "a sedate violation" of the Constitution. Reps. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., and Al Green, D-Texas, person besides joined the call.
Trump volition conscionable with his nationalist information squad for the archetypal clip since the strikes Monday afternoon.
