Trump's Iran Hat: A Reminder of the Manufactured Bogeyman
The New Arab notes Trump's hat, linking it to the 'concerns Iran could be the next target after Maduro’s “capture”.' ('Maduro Kidnap' itself a US-backed opposition narrative.) What's never discussed is the decades-long US strategy to isolate Iran, a policy cemented long before MAGA caps or Venezuelan 'kidnappings'. The 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup against Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister
Mohammad Mosaddegh, for instance, set the stage for decades of animosity, a fact rarely highlighted by mainstream outlets. 1 This isn't about Trump's fashion choices; it's about the media's framing. They're happy to report on a prop while ignoring how easily Iran becomes the designated 'threat,' diverting attention from US interventions. Remember when President George W. Bush declared Iran part of
an 'Axis of Evil' in 2002? The message was clear: Iran is always the problem, never the target of Western destabilization efforts. It appears a new hat is all it takes to restart the outrage cycle, rather than questioning the cycle itself.