War in Middle East: Trump relativizes his own statement about change of power in Iran

US President Donald Trump has moved back from his previously indicated support for a change of power in Iran. The Republican answered the question of a journalist whether he wanted to see a “regime change” in Tehran. “I want everything to calm down as soon as possible,” Trump said during the flight to the NATO summit in the Hague. Such a change of power is associated with “chaos” – “and ideally we don’t want to see that much chaos”.

At the same time, Trump confirmed the attitude of the US government that Tehran should not develop nuclear weapons. “You will not be accompanied and you won’t have a nuclear weapon – and you know that,” he said. Instead, Iran can “develop into a great trade nation,” emphasized Trump. “You have a lot of oil.” Nuclear weapons are currently “the last thing that Iran thinks about,” he added.

Shortly after the US attacks on nuclear facilities in Iran, Trump had indicated support on his Truth Social platform for a change of management in Tehran. “If the current Iranian leadership is unable to make Iran great again – why shouldn’t there be a regime change ??? Miga !!!”, he wrote. The abbreviation stands for “Make Iran Great Again” – based on Trump’s well -known Wahllogan “Make America Great Again” (“Maga”).

Trump’s Republican Party has long been votes that support a political upheaval in Tehran. Members of his government-including Foreign Minister Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance-repeatedly emphasized that the US attacks had not had the goal of overthrowing the lead in Tehran.