Trump claims 'regime change was not our goal' then admits all original Iranian leaders are dead

In his prime-time address, Trump stated 'Regime change was not our goal. We never said regime change.' Immediately after, he acknowledged 'regime change has occurred because of all of their original leaders' death. They're all dead.' This sequence reveals that the administration's stated war objectives shifted dramatically from the original stated goals, while simultaneously denying the shift. The contradiction between 'not our goal' and celebrating that regime change 'has occurred' demonstrates the absence of coherent war aims.

"Regime change was not our goal. We never said regime change. But regime change has occurred because of all of their original leaders' death. They're all dead. The new group is less radical and much more reasonable."