After eight years of Barack Obama and Joe Biden bowing and scraping to Middle East enemy Iran, President Donald Trump has rendered the rogue regime isolated and toothless.
Brutal financial sanctions by the Trump Administration have hamstrung the once prominent terror-funding country from instilling fear and sowing the seeds of discord in the region. By contrast, the Obama-Biden administration signed a lopsided nuclear deal that opened the floodgates for Iran to develop weapons. The previous lead-from-behind administration also sent approximately $1.7 billion in cash to Iran that would later be used to fund terror cells and provide weapons to ISIS.
By contrast, President Trump ordered a disproportional bombing against Iran and approved the strike on Qasem Soleimani, who is credited with the IED program that killed and wounded countless U.S. soldiers and civilians. After Iran recently made idle threats of retaliation, Trump reminded its terror-drunk leaders Obama and Biden are no longer calling the shots.
“Any attack by Iran, in any form, against the United States will be met with an attack on Iran that will be 1,000 times greater in magnitude!” President Trump tweeted.
Iran has learned quickly that America’s enemies will be given no quarter. The Trump Administration has implemented a wide-sweeping foreign policy that has the regime’s former allies showing Iran their backs.
“The president laid down a strategy for how to secure America from instability and threats from the Middle East,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. “It began by recognizing the primary operator for instability, the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
Pushing radical Muslim ideology and calling for endless jihad, Iran persuaded others in the region to band together against a perceived common enemy — Israel. Vilifying the Jewish State with unanswered chants such as “death to Israel” and “death to America” fueled hatred, but positioned Iran as a regional powerbroker. That too has come to a screeching halt as the Trump Administration demonstrated that peace and prosperity are inextricably linked. Saudi Arabia emerged as a top U.S. ally in the region. In return for their friendship, the Trump Administration has helped protect critical oil production against aggression from Iran. Others in the region quickly followed suit.
The most recent development that President Trump continues to increase stability and box Iran into a corner comes as historic peace agreements are signed. The United Arab Emirates agreed to open full diplomatic and travel relationships with America’s primary ally, Israel. Bahrain quickly jumped on board.
“I think Israel isn’t isolated anymore,” Trump reportedly said in the Oval Office before the signing multi-nation peace deal signing. “At least five or six countries will be coming along very quickly.”
With the ISIS caliphate crushed and former Iran allies embracing peace, where does that leave Iran? The country’s currency has bottomed out due to fierce U.S. sanctions and a splintering economy that suffers soaring inflation. It now takes 263,500 Iranian “rials” to make one dollar. It has lost 49 percent of its value this year alone.
Iran no longer has the financial resources, allies, or clout to continue Middle East disruption. Its political leaders have been castrated and tossed aside as former rival nations come to the table to mend fences with the U.S. and Israel. It appears the so-called experts were wrong, once again, about the Trump Administration. They knew precisely how to deal with Iran and stabilize the region at the same time.
The question has never been did Obama – or whoever the hell he really is – give money to Iran. The real question is what did they give Obama in return?