Trump floats regime change in Iran

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/22/trump-iran-regime-change

"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!!

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14 Comments

brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Seriously though, has anyone had such an absolute grip on a US political party? Ever? George Washington had plenty of squabbling under him. Most dictators had more dissent.

Non-interventionism was an absolute core of MAGA; this would be like Hitler pronouncing "we love Jews!" and everyone lining up like ducks. And they are! /r/conservative is ecstatic...

peteyestee@feddit.org · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Something more is going on. This seems more like psychological social manipulation. Shitty ads and political debate are one thing but I wouldn't doubt real manipulation at criminal level digitally happening along with organized crime style strong arming and extortion. I mean they could digitally instigate an unaware person to murder two lawmakers... Without it ever coming back to them.

I don't think people have the freewill they think they have here.

brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

I dunno about extortion, but I’d buy bot/algo manipulation, yeah. That’s already what’s going on, in the open, and how Trump got elected.

tartarin@reddthat.com · 21 pts · 1y

In summary: "I have no fucking idea what I'm doing."

xenomor@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Great, so you’ve chosen to create a framework that makes this conflict an existential threat to your opponent. You’ve literally told them that they need to fight with everything they have. That’s a brilliant strategy you got goin’ on there.

Ghyste@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

He's a moron. It's amazing when he completes a coherent sentence.

Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
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adespoton@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y

Do you have any examples of such a thing ever happening? At least in the past 10 years?

PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social · 12 pts · 1y

He should just go there hisself and tell them what to do.

Go door to door and make the deal.

ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I wish someone in Congress floated regime change in the United States.

PenguinMage@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Those chucklefucks aren't going to rock a boat... even when the "captain" is drilling holes in the bottom.

FerretyFever0@fedia.io · 9 pts · 1y

"Not politically correct". It's not a slur dumbass, it's just... kind of a crime? And also, definitely fighting words. The sort of thing that might get Iran to consider a regime change here.

dhork@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

Maybe he can go and be President there

finitebanjo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

I literally cannot imagine how anybody Trump picks would be any different from the asshole already running the place, tho.

crystalmerchant@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Worked great in South America