President Donald Trump sparked incredulity on social media Sunday — including from Republicans ― after appearing to call for regime change in Iran.In a post on his Truth Social platform, the president wrote:“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!!!”Truth SocialThe post stunned critics, especially given that top Trump administration officials — including Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — had earlier dismissed the idea of ousting Iran’s leaders.Instead, they had spun U.S. attacks on Iranian nuclear sites as solely aimed at stopping the development of nukes.Conservative attorney George Conway, a vocal critic of Trump, sarcastically summed it up: “Pretending to be an ignorant and impulsive sociopath by appearing to make shit up as he goes along is just @realDonaldTrump’s way of playing 7,822-dimensional chess.”I swear it was just like 8 hours ago when Pete Hegseth said "This mission was not and has not been about regime change," to reporters at the Pentagon. That’s weird. pic.twitter.com/s8gYufBgeX— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) June 22, 2025Just wondering if my MAGA friends have to change the color of their hats now that Trump is all about Making Iran Great Again. You know he has that Trump Tower Tehran in his head - lots of great business opportunities for Trump Org from a Trump-installed regime! pic.twitter.com/pZQ6K2gIda— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) June 22, 2025VANCE: "Our view has been very clear that we don't want a regime change." HEGSETH: "This mission was not and has not been about regime change." RUBIO: Regime change is "certainly not the goal of what we're working on here." TRUMP: pic.twitter.com/Lr6AD92mDy— Megan Cassella (@mmcassella) June 22, 2025Close