WASHINGTON — President Trump said Tuesday he does not seek regime change in Iran, as doing so could lead to “chaos.” “No. If there was, there was, but no, I don’t want it. I’d like to see everything calm down as quickly as possible,” the president told reporters aboard Air Force One en route to the NATO summit in the Netherlands.

President Donald Trump called the future of Iran’s government into question, contradicting his administration’s earlier calls to avoid an escalation in fighting.