So when I say I support regime change, it doesn't mean I want to send hundreds of thousands of American troops onto the ground in Iran. What it means is It is unequivocally in our interest to see the Ayatollah fall. I think the Ayatollah's fall ought to be driven primarily by the Iranian people. And it's why this uprising is so consequential, because it is Iranians who are risking their lives to overturn this. (07:11–07:15)
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Asserts that it is in the U.S. interest for the Ayatollah of Iran to be overthrown.
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