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* Amir Taheri: Trump II: Challenges Ahead


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by Con Coughlin • November 17, 2024 at 5:00 am
* The October 7, 2023 attacks carried out against Israel by Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists.... was the direct result of Tehran's ability to fund the terrorist movement to the tune of $100 million a year, an operation that would not have been possible without Biden's lenient attitude towards the ayatollahs.
* Trump may come to see as well that, unfortunately, due to the deep-seated commitment of Iran's regime in exporting its brand of Islam, as enshrined in its constitution, there can be no real long-term peace in the Middle East without regime change, especially if Iran has nuclear weapons -- not to mention the global arms race that would follow such an event.
* Not only would many of Iran's neighbours be relieved, but its captive citizens could then be free to choose leaders better aligned with their aspirations. A liberated Iran might even join the Abraham Accords....

After the success Donald Trump enjoyed negotiating the Abraham Accords towards the end of his first term in office, which saw a number of leading Arab states normalise relations with Israel, it is widely expected that his new administration will want to pursue a similar policy of ending hostilities in the Middle East. Pictured from left to right: Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan participate in the signing of the Abraham Accords in Washington, DC on September 15, 2020. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Now that Donald Trump has secured his remarkable victory in the US presidential election, supporting regime change in Iran could soon emerge as one of his new administration's top priorities after he takes office in January.

Trump's no-nonsense approach to confronting the ayatollahs' malign influence in the region was one of the defining characteristics during his first term in the White House.

One of his more laudable foreign policy initiatives was to withdraw from the flawed nuclear deal with Iran agreed by former President Barack Obama in 2015.

Denouncing the agreement as being "defective at its core", Trump declared in 2018 that his administration was unilaterally withdrawing from the deal while at the same time imposing a policy of "maximum pressure" against Tehran.

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by Amir Taheri • November 17, 2024 at 4:00 am
* The real question, therefore, is what could Trump II do to restore America's prestige across the globe and reassert itself as the indispensable power that it still is? The answer is: plenty.
* In fact, Trump, even if he doesn't do anything, will repair some of the damage that the past three administrations shaped by Barack Obama have done to US standing and credibility as a world power.
* In those 12 years of Obama and Biden, US leaders went around the world to apologize for imaginary injustices done by Americans to various segments of mankind, mused about "leading from behind" and presented the United States as a room service that doesn't even ask you to sign the bill let alone offer a tip.
* Under the three Obama administrations, with Trump I as a brief interlude, the US saw Russia attack and occupy parts of Georgia and annex Crimea and eventually invade Ukraine, and the US did nothing.
* Obama drew a red line against the use of chemical weapons to kill Syrian people, but when Bashar al-Assad, backed by Russia, did so, went into purdah.
* To divert attention from the Middle East, Obama conjured the "pivot to Asia" slogan, while letting China grab a bigger chunk of the world, including US markets, in the name of free trade.
* Also remember that regardless of what experts or even Trump himself say, the 47th president is likely to be as unpredictable as the 45th one, a feature that helped him in foreign policy last time and may do so again.

What could Donald Trump do in his second term to restore America's prestige across the globe and reassert itself as the indispensable power that it still is? The answer is: plenty. Trump, even if he doesn't do anything, will repair some of the damage that the past three administrations shaped by Barack Obama have done to US standing and credibility as a world power. Pictured: Trump in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 14, 2024. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

What will Donald Trump's foreign policy look like in his second term?

This is the question currently making the buzz in the commentariat around the world.

Western European pundits claim that Trump will abandon the Ukrainian lamb to the Russian wolf or, at least, force the European shepherd to foot the bill for keeping it half alive.

Indian oped-writers hope that Trump will cut China down to size, thus elevating India as Asia's new indispensable giant. Progressive Davos collectivists warn that unless checked, Trump will go through the globalist ideology like a bull in a china shop.

In the past few days, I have run into even more interesting speculations regarding Trump II foreign policy -- from Iran and Israel.

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