{"id":157635,"date":"2025-07-20T04:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T04:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-glance-us-president-talks-regime-change-and-miga-after-iran-strikes-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T04:00:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T04:00:22","slug":"trump-news-at-glance-us-president-talks-regime-change-and-miga-after-iran-strikes-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-glance-us-president-talks-regime-change-and-miga-after-iran-strikes-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at glance: US president talks regime change and \u2018MIGA\u2019 after Iran strikes &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump campaigned on the promise of \u2018no more wars\u2019 but the US is now embroiled in another Middle Eastern conflict \u2013 key US politics stories from Sunday 22 June<br \/>During his presidential campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Donald Trump<\/a> campaigned on the promise of \u201cno more wars\u201d but global events have radically changed his views.<br \/>In what could be his most consequential day as president yet, Trump decided to bomb three Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday in an operation he deemed \u201ca spectacular military success\u201d. Iran\u2019s key nuclear enrichment facilities, he boasted, have been \u201ccompletely and totally obliterated.\u201d<br \/>In a post to the Truth Social platform on Sunday, Trump took it a step further by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/jun\/22\/us-attacks-on-iran-inflicted-major-destruction-pentagon-officials-say\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">addressing the issue of regime change in Iran<\/a>, applying his Maga rhetoric to the Middle East.<br \/>\u201cIt\u2019s not politically correct to use the term, \u2018Regime Change,\u2019 but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn\u2019t there be a Regime change??? MIGA!!!\u201d he wrote.<br \/>Here are the key stories at a glance.<br \/>Saturday\u2019s US <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jun\/22\/hegseth-iran-nuclear-sites-pentagon\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">strikes on Iran<\/a> provoked conflicting reactions from isolationist Republicans who support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s \u201cMake America great again\u201d (Maga) movement, catching them \u2013 like many Democrats \u2013 between supporting efforts against nuclear proliferation and opposing American intervention in foreign conflicts.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jun\/22\/iran-attack-maga-reaction-trump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/jd-vance\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">JD Vance<\/a> has said the US is \u201cnot at war\u201d with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/iran\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Iran<\/a> \u2013 but is with its nuclear weapons program, holding out a position that the White House hopes to maintain over the coming days as the Iranian regime considers a retributive response to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/jun\/22\/trump-announces-us-strikes-on-iran-what-we-know-so-far-fordow-israel-nuclear\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Saturday\u2019s US strike<\/a> on three of its nuclear installations.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jun\/22\/jd-vance-iran-nuclear-program-war\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>Donald Trump, a self-confessed risk-taker, has taken the greatest gamble \u2013 not just with his political reputation and the future of the Middle East, but arguably with the whole concept of military intervention as a way to solve intractable geopolitical problems.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jun\/22\/us-bombing-of-irans-nuclear-facilities-is-trumps-biggest-gamble-yet-as-president\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/tennessee\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Tennessee<\/a> judge on Sunday ordered the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/kilmar-abrego-garcia\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Kilmar \u00c1brego Garc\u00eda<\/a>, whose mistaken deportation has become a flashpoint in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s immigration crackdown, while he awaits a federal trial on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jun\/13\/kilmar-abrego-garcia-pleads-not-guilty\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">human smuggling charges<\/a>. But he is not expected to be allowed to go free.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jun\/22\/judge-orders-kilmar-abrego-garcia-release-tennessee\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/mahmoud-khalil\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Mahmoud Khalil<\/a>, the Palestinian rights activist, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jun\/20\/mahmoud-khalil-release-federal-judge\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">freed from Ice detention<\/a> on Friday, returned to Columbia University on Sunday to renew his commitment to the cause of Palestinian freedom and opposition to both the university and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Trump administration<\/a>.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jun\/22\/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-new-york-speech-rally\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>\u2018Ticking timebomb\u2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jun\/22\/ice-detainee-death-georgia\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Ice detainee dies in transit<\/a> as experts say more deaths likely<br \/>Republican representative\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jun\/22\/kat-cammack-republican-florida-abortion-law-ectopic-pregnancy\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">ectopic pregnancy clashes<\/a> with Florida abortion law<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jun\/22\/detroit-michigan-church-shooting\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Gun-wielding attacker killed<\/a> at church in suburban Detroit<br \/>Catching up?<em> Here\u2019s what happened <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jun\/22\/trump-administration-news-updates-today\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">21 June<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxPd0U1U0VNZ3A2VXRCZ1NpRVlYZlZLWUE4RDZULVZIc1lKSmNjbkNmeEYzYzdrV0txMTlIY3hTUnJLTEFfa0R5TE5mSTBJNllMd2tBZERHam9saWxXYVcwa0dyeWJSbUxMUUdtU0YzOFhqZ0VyeVZqTnlmUHU5S2I3Y3BUV2RWbC1sRlM0YVQ3MWs?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump campaigned on the promise of \u2018no more wars\u2019 but the US is now embroiled in another Middle Eastern conflict \u2013 key US politics stories from Sunday 22 JuneDuring his presidential campaign, Donald Trump campaigned on the promise of \u201cno more wars\u201d but global events have radically changed his views.In what could be his most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}