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Donald Trump says regime change in Iran “would be the best thing that could happen” as a second US aircraft carrier is deployed to the Middle East. <\/p>\n

The US president made the remarks after visiting troops at Fort Bragg in North Carolina on Friday, where he was pressed by reporters on whether he wanted to see a change in government in Iran.<\/p>\n

“It seems like that would be the best thing that could happen,” Mr Trump<\/a> <\/strong>said.<\/p>\n

“For 47 years, they’ve been talking and talking and talking.<\/p>\n

“In the meantime, we’ve lost a lot of lives while they talk. Legs \u200cblown off, arms blown off, faces blown off. We’ve been going on for a long time.”<\/p>\n

Mr Trump declined to name who he hoped would assume control from the clerical regime, saying only “there are people”.<\/p>\n

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He said the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, was being sent to the Middle East in case talks between the US and Iran<\/a><\/strong> fail to produce an agreement.<\/p>\n

“In case we don’t make a deal, we’ll need it,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It’ll be leaving very soon.”<\/p>\n

The USS Gerald R Ford reallocation forms part of a build-up of US military assets in the Middle East amid deepening tensions between Washington and Tehran.<\/p>\n

The USS Abraham Lincoln and accompanying guided-missile destroyers were deployed last month.<\/p>\n

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Last week, US forces shot down an Iranian drone<\/a><\/strong> that approached the USS Abraham Lincoln on the same day that Iran tried to stop a US-flagged ship in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

Iranian and American officials met in Oman last week for talks<\/a><\/strong>, but an agreement has not been reached.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump has repeatedly threatened to take military action against Iran if the government uses force to suppress anti-regime protests.<\/p>\n

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