… the constitution and coming to Congress for permission to do so, they said this is about regime change, about changing the Iranian regime. Well, I would actually give them credit. They have succeeded at regime change. They've replaced an 86 year old in failing health who had a fatwa against producing a nuclear weapon with a guy in his 50s who's more hardline. And just in case he wasn't hardline enough, you killed a bunch of his immed family. And there's a lot of reports that he wants to pursue a nuclear weapon. (00:17–00:29)
CLAIM
Asserts that regime change in Iran has occurred, replacing a moderate leader with a more hardline one.
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