Trump says change of power in Iran would be ‘best thing’, as he sends second carrier

SCMP · 2026-02-13
Trump says change of power in Iran would be ‘best thing’, as he sends second carrier

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that a change of government in Iran would be the “best thing that could happen”, as he sent a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East to ratchet up military pressure on the Islamic republic. Trump’s comments were his most overt call yet for the toppling of