Why Trump's Iran regime change fantasies never stood a chance

After killing Iran’s supreme leader, Donald Trump told Iranians to “take over your government” because this was “probably your only chance for generations.” Five weeks later, as the human and economic costs of the war against Iran mounted while more hardline leadership tightened control, Trump insisted that the people of Iran were begging him to continue bombing until they were free. Trump’s rallying cries assume a silent Iranian majority that trusts the United States and so hates the current re...