Trump Vows to 'Rescue' Iranians After Crippling Them for Four Years
When The Hill reports Trump is 'locked and loaded' to 'rescue' Iranian protestors, they frame it as a strongman flexing. What's omitted? The Trump administration's devastating 'maximum pressure' campaign (2018-2020), which specifically aimed to spark unrest by crushing Iran's economy and its people. Between 2018 and 2020, Iran's GDP fell by over 6% annually, while inflation soared past 40%,
directly fueling popular discontent. This 'rescue' sounds suspiciously like putting out a fire with gasoline after having started it yourself. The pattern is clear: kneecap a nation, then arrive as the heroic liberator. One might wonder if 'rescuing' here means 'installing a more compliant regime,' a well-worn page from the U.S. foreign policy playbook. How many times must a nation be 'saved' from
itself before we question the saviors' true intentions?