It’s an absolute travesty. Trump exploited the plea for help from ordinary Iranians to serve his own ego. In doing so he not only destroyed their livelihoods, but also any chance they had of political change. Everyone involved should be deeply ashamed of themselves.
One could argue that they’ve achieved some of the objectives - Israel got a slightly weakened but emboldened Iran to Boogeyman the West with (they even were hoping ahmedenijad would come back to power) and Trump got the conversation off the Epstein files and also enriched himself and family.
It’s an absolute travesty. Trump exploited the plea for help from ordinary Iranians to serve his own ego. In doing so he not only destroyed their livelihoods, but also any chance they had of political change. Everyone involved should be deeply ashamed of themselves.
One could argue that they’ve achieved some of the objectives - Israel got a slightly weakened but emboldened Iran to Boogeyman the West with (they even were hoping ahmedenijad would come back to power) and Trump got the conversation off the Epstein files and also enriched himself and family.