With various factions trying to undermine the U.S. strikes on Iran, President Trump made it clear that he would not stop until the Iranian regime falls.
“There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” he wrote on Truth Social. “After that, and the selection of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE Leader(s), we, and many of our wonderful and very brave allies and partners, will work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction, making it economically bigger, better, and stronger than ever before. IRAN WILL HAVE A GREAT FUTURE. “MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN (MIGA!).”
Unlike his predecessors, when it comes to the Middle East, President Trump is a man of his word. Examples abound: Both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush campaigned on moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Neither did.
“In 1995, Congress passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act that declared Jerusalem to be Israel’s capital and required the embassy to move there by 1999. But each president since the bill’s passage signed waivers every six months in fears of sparking conflict in the region,” the Independent pointed out.
U.S. intelligence reportedly had opportunities to target Iranian terrorist kingpin Qassem Soleimani, but the Obama administration avoided doing so. Trump ordered a January 2020 drone strike in Baghdad that killed him.
For decades, U.S. diplomacy assumed Arab states would not normalize relations with Israel until a Palestinian state was created. Trump broke the mold, creating the Abraham Accords, which normalized relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan.
In January, Trump posted a message addressed directly to the Iranian population amid the violent crackdown on demonstrators by the Iranian regime, which reportedly murdered tens of thousands of innocent people. He wrote: “Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING – TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!! … Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price. … HELP IS ON ITS WAY.”
