Trump hints at regime change in Iran after surprise attack on nuclear sites

U.S. President Donald Trump has hinted he would be open to regime change in Iran, questioning the future of its ruling theocracy in a social media post.

Massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities.

He asked, if the current Iranian regime is unable to make Iran great again, why wouldn't there be a regime change?

The comment directly contradicted his own defense secretary, Pete Hexeth, who earlier said the U.S. strikes were not about regime change.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President J.D.

Vance also sought to portray U.S. involvement as limited.

Their statements followed a U.S. attack on three of Iran's nuclear sites, an expansion of the conflict between Iran and Israel that began on June 13th when Israel attacked Iran's military infrastructure, killing a number of top commanders and nuclear scientists.

A human rights group has estimated that the conflict has so far led to the deaths of at least 950 people in Iran and 27 in Israel.