Morning Joe: Will President Trump Back Regime Change in Iran?

Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

Issues, Washington, Politics, President, Campaign, Scarboro, Brezinski, News, Giest, Ms Now, Congress, Government, Election

3.9 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Will Donald Trump back Israel's goal of toppling the Ayatollah's regime? Joe asks David Ignatius in Washington and Richard Engel reporting from Israel. Also, MAGA infighting on the Middle East war and immigration.

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0:00.0	The president, as he said today, his position has not changed.
0:04.0	What you're watching in real time is peace through strength and America First.
0:09.0	Our job is to be strong.
0:11.0	We are postured defensively in the region to be strong.
0:15.0	In pursuit of a peace deal, and we certainly hope that's what happens here.
0:19.0	And America First means we're going to
0:21.0	defend American personnel and American interests.
0:25.3	Defense Secretary Pete Hagseth telling Fox News last night. What did that mean?
0:30.6	Peace through strength or strength.
0:32.7	And America, it's like a couple bumper stickers. He could have just held up bumper stickers. I don't
0:36.8	understand what that means.
0:38.9	Israel.
0:39.7	Wait.
0:40.9	We talking about Israel's peace through?
0:43.8	Yeah.
0:44.4	Jonathan Lemire, I'm confused.
0:45.6	What was that?
0:46.6	Is that like peace through strength?
0:48.2	He's talking about Israel?
0:50.1	Was that an Israeli?
0:51.0	Should that, like, been in Hebrew piece through strength?
0:54.8	America first. Netanyahu, bombing Iran?
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