Reporter asks Trump spox if assassination is on the table after Iran strike. Here’s how she responded.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been fielding questions on President Donald Trump’s bombing of Iran.

During a Monday morning interview with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade, Leavitt addressed the president’s Truth Social post broaching the “not politically correct” topic of Iranian regime change.

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“So the president tweeted out the next day —  and I agree with you, by the way, and I think most everyone watching does — says ‘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?’” Kilmeade asked. “Does he think we should do that? Is he asking the Iranian people to do that? What’s he saying there?”

“The president believes the Iranian people can control their own destiny. And what he said last night makes complete sense,” the press secretary responded. “If the Iranian regime refuses to come to a peaceful diplomatic solution, which the president is still interested and engaging in, by the way, why shouldn’t the Iranian people take away the power of this incredibly violent regime that has been suppressing them for decades?”

“And so our posture has not changed. Our military posture has not changed. These were decisive, precision strikes that were successful on Saturday evening. But the president is just simply raising a good question that many people around the world are asking.”

Speaking to reporters during a Monday morning gaggle, Leavitt also responded to a question on whether “assassination” is on the table following the bombings.

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“When the president is floating the idea of regime change, how does he believe that should be accomplished through the Iranians, the Israelis, or the Americans?” one reporter asked.

“The president’s posture and our military posture has not changed. The president was just simply raising a question that I think many people around the world are asking. If the Iranian regime refuses to give up their nuclear program or engage in talks- We just took out their nuclear programs on Saturday night, as you all know. But if they refuse to engage in diplomacy moving forward, why shouldn’t the Iranian people rise up against this brutal terrorist regime?” Leavitt responded. “That’s a question the president raised last night. But as far as our military postures, it hasn’t changed.”

“What kind of timetable has the President given Iran right now to come to the negotiating table?” another journalist wondered.

“He has made his message to Iran quite clear,” she said.

“On regime change, that question of– if the president was supporting that idea of having Iran’s supreme leader assassinated, he’s now floating his idea of regime change. Is that an idea that he would consider?” a third reporter asked.

“I’m not going to get ahead of the president. I just explained his truth to you last night,” the press secretary answered.

“Karoline, has there been any communications at all between the US officials and the Iranians since these strikes, and is there any indication that they are open to negotiations?”

“The Secretary of Defense said yesterday there has been both public and private messages sent to the Iranians since the very successful operation on Saturday night, and that remains the truth,” Leavitt said.

“If Iran shuts down the Strait of Hormuz, is there a plan by the U.S. To add oil to the global market? We saw the Biden administration do a strategic petroleum release. Is there a plan?” a reporter questioned.

” I can assure you, the administration is actively and closely monitoring the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, and the Iranian regime would be foolish to make that decision,” she said before walking away.

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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to BizPac Review.

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