US President Donald Trump suggested the Islamic Republic of Iran was due for a regime change in a Truth Social post on Sunday.
"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? MIGA!!!" the US president wrote.
Shortly after, Trump wrote on the platform that the B-2 bombers used in strikes on Iran had returned to US territory.
"The GREAT B-2 pilots have just landed, safely, in Missouri. Thank you for a job well done!!!"
Emphasizing the scale of strikes on Iran
Trump made the posts shortly after writing on his social media platform that "The damage to the Nuclear sites in Iran is said to be 'monumental.' The hits were hard and accurate. Great skill was shown by our military."
Trump noted the night before that the facilities in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan were "completely and totally obliterated" from the US strikes in a White House address.
"Our objective was the destruction of Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world's number one state sponsor of terror," he said.
Trump also congratulated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he said worked with him "as a team, like perhaps no team has ever worked before, and we’ve gone a long way to erasing this horrible threat to Israel."
The US president's social media post suggesting a regime change in Iran came hours after The Atlantic published a report alleging that there are discussions to remove Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the Supreme Leader of Iran.
The plot to replace the supreme leader is being planned by a group of businessmen, military and political figures, and relatives and high-ranking clerics, several anonymous Iranian officials told The Atlantic.