Iran's New Trap vs. Trump's Once-in-a-Lifetime Chance to Transform the Middle East
by Majid Rafizadeh • July 12, 2025 at 5:00 am
President Donald J. Trump, through a bold and unapologetic foreign policy, has emerged in just a few short months, as the only leader in recent history capable of reshaping the region and challenging Iran's theocratic dictatorship with real consequences. His actions have already produced historic results...
If Trump settles into believing that setting back Iran's nuclear program by a few years is enough, the world will soon fall into the very trap that Tehran has set. The regime will rebuild, rearm, and reemerge stronger, angrier, and even nearer to having its bomb. The world will then once again face the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran—with perhaps no leader to stop it.
Now is not the time to offer the regime a lifeline in the form of negotiations or sanctions relief. The regime will doubtless try its old tricks—sending diplomats to Western capitals, promising temporary compliance, and begging for centrifuges for "peaceful energy" and a new "deal." This is a trap
Any deal now will not benefit the United States. It will only help the Iranian regime recover, rebuild its economy, and ultimately return to its path of terror. The time has come to "finish the job."
The Iranian regime must not be allowed to survive long enough to recover. The goal is not to delay the problem but to solve it.
It took decades — across multiple presidencies, wars, and failed negotiations — before the United States finally had a president who understood, with both clarity and conviction, how to confront the Iranian regime and transform the trajectory of the Middle East.
President Donald J. Trump, through a bold and unapologetic foreign policy, has emerged in just a few short months, as the only leader in recent history capable of reshaping the region and challenging Iran's theocratic dictatorship with real consequences. His actions have already produced historic results — from crippling the regime's nuclear infrastructure to fostering unprecedented peace deals.
