US President Donald Trump says it’s possible that the Iranian regime could fall.
“Sure, anything could happen, right?” Trump says in response to the question from a reporter in the Oval Office.
Asked if the US is planning for such a scenario, the US president claims “we have a plan for everything,” adding that he will be meeting with his advisers in the Situation Room in an hour.
Trump reiterates that Iran should have accepted a US proposal for a nuclear deal before the 60-day deadline he had set.
Asked what led him to go from backing negotiations with Iran to potentially approving a US strike on Tehran’s nuclear sites, Trump points to the results of Israel’s opening strike on the Islamic Republic last Thursday-Friday.
“The first night was devastating, and it really knocked the one side off,” Trump says.
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