Trump tells CNN he’s not worried whether Iran becomes a democratic state

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/06/politics/trump-interview-iran-cuba-dana-bash

31 Comments

  1. supercyberlurker on

    I’m just bluntly straight up confused why the fuck we are even there.

    Every reason I’ve heard so far seems to start with *”uh.. well.. you see..”*

  2. He also said picking a new leader would be “easy” and most crucialy, he said he doesn’t mind if the next leader of Iran is a religious leader because “he likes religious leaders”:

    >**Trump expressed confidence in the ease of picking a new leader in Iran — which he’s said he must be involved in — and again compared the mission to Venezuela, where the US captured Nicolás Maduro earlier this year and put his deputy in power.**

    >**“It’s gonna work very easily. It’s going to work like did in Venezuela. We have a wonderful leader there. She’s doing a fantastic job. And it’s going to work Iike in Venezuela,” he said, referring to acting president Delcy Rodriguez.**

    >**Trump also said he was open to having a religious leader in Iran. “Well I may be yeah, I mean, it depends on who the person is. I don’t mind religious leaders. I deal with a lot of religious leaders and they are fantastic,” he said.**

  3. ContentGuy96 on

    “As long as they are under my thumb, I don’t care what they are.” -Trump, probably.

  4. Resident_Client3186 on

    It’s amusing that the talking heads were saying if you don’t agree with launching a war without a plan it means you support the Iranian regime and the oppression of its people. This may take the cake as the dumbest thing Trump has done.

  5. IceBearKnows89 on

    He doesn’t care about freedom, liberty, or democracy.

    He just wants them to comply. Doesn’t matter who the leader is, form of government, or what they do to their own people.

    Bend the knee to trump and you’re a friend.

    We really looked at the way Russia operates and said “hold my beer”. Took up to another level. We’ve never had a global bully like the US is currently.

    Very dangerous times. This ain’t WWIII, but it is the chapter that comes right before it.

  6. TheMoorNextDoor on

    So regime change was never the plan.

    Boy this shit will continue to get worse every single day I swear

  7. AkimahenkaCat on

    Imagine ANY other president, Republican or Democrat saying any of this insane bullshit and just getting the pass this pedo traitor gets.

    It is madness. The Republican Party has lost its fucking mind and we are all collateral damage for this dumb fucking cult.

  8. SkiHistoryHikeGuy on

    He doesnt give a shit. He’s doing what he did every other time he fucked up something in his life: walk away and pretend it never happened. Let someone else deal with the consequences.

  9. No shit.

    Trump prefers fascist dictatorships both in the US and abroad. It’s much much easier to enrich yourself that way.

  10. There are no truly democratic states in the Arab World. Iran wasn’t a democracy during the Shah’s regime. But it was much better than what it is now

  11. iamnosuperman123 on

    On this occasion he is right to not care. He just wants a USA sympathetic Iran.

  12. Of course he is not worrying about Iran becoming a democracy as he is busy deconstructing democracy in the United States; as well as conquering oil rich nations and controlling the world’s access to oil by controlling the straights of Hormuz.

  13. Man growing up a teen in the 90s it’s wild how optimistic this country was. Now our leaders don’t even pretend to be the good guys anymore

  14. Joshithusiast on

    Because he’s a fascist who hates democracy. Because a working democracy will send him to The Hague for crimes against humanity.

    Trump, Netanyahu and Putin will never stop waging war as long as it keeps them out of jail.

  15. He wants an Iranian leader who is ok with corrupt partnership with Trump. That’s Trump’s entire formula for everything. He doesn’t care if it lasts long term.

  16. soysubstitute on

    Let me take this opportunity to thank the 77 miilion people who voted for the most dangerous idiot in the world.

  17. TheAsianTroll on

    Im convinced this war is strictly to cover up for the Epstein Files, and because Trump wants to see servicemembers die as some form of entertainment to him.

  18. RipDiligent4361 on

    He just wants Iran to wake up sleeper cells in the US so he can declare marshal law, and cancel elections.

  19. Impressive-Potato on

    This message should be heard by the diaspora who are cheering this all on