During President Trumps first term John Bolton then US National Security Advisor denied that the Trump administration looked for “regime change” in Iran. Even at that time many interpreted Trumps violation of the JCPOA as a policy shift toward that purpose and even “going to war with Iran”. “Regime change” as a policy option toward Iran has always existed in Washington during the past four decades. For various domestic regional and global reasons it is nothing more than a costly illusion. Why?