{"id":58848,"date":"2026-06-17T17:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T22:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=58848"},"modified":"2026-06-17T20:59:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T01:59:20","slug":"whoopi-goldberg-calls-to-change-the-regime-during-iran-discussion-on-the-view-clarifies-she-meant-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=58848","title":{"rendered":"Whoopi Goldberg calls to &#8216;change the regime&#8217; during Iran discussion on &#8216;The View,&#8217; clarifies she meant Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">When &#8220;The View&#8221; co-host Whoopi Goldberg called to &#8220;change the regime&#8221; during a Wednesday discussion on Iran, she and her initially confused co-hosts had to clarify that she was referring to the Trump administration and not Iranian leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;What&#8217;s also interesting is it\u2019s reported that [Secretary of State] Marco Rubio and [Secretary of War] Pete Hegseth have opposed this deal,&#8221; co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said during the segment in response to the U.S. potentially reaching a peace agreement with Iran following the three-month conflict. &#8220;So that to me shows that these are even people that are hardliners against the regime that don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s effective.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;What are [they] going to do about it though?&#8221; co-host Joy Behar asked. &#8220;They can&#8217;t stop it. 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