Trump calls out to Tehran on his own social media, saying "Iran hasn't been able to be great again" (Make Iran Great Again?). He suggests they consider changing their leadership. This 70-something internet celebrity truly knows how to stir things up, casually making the American "color revolution" sound as easy as changing chefs in a restaurant.
However, upon reflection, it's quite interesting; this is not the first time America has acted as a "regime beautician" for others. From Saddam in 2003 to Gaddafi in Libya, every forced demolition has not brought a model of democracy, but instead left behind ruins. Now across the Persian Gulf, young Iranians are sneaking over walls to watch TikTok and learn Western fashion, while local clerics cling to traditional barriers. This kind of societal tearing and regime change, isn't it just tearing down old dangerous buildings only to construct half-finished ones in the ruins?
The darkest humor of it all is that while the old man prescribes a remedy for Iran, he hasn't even got his own backyard's "Make America Great Again" sorted out yet. The calculations for the midterm elections are clear; who doesn't know that playing the Middle Eastern card is a basic operation for rallying conservatives? It's just unclear whether those post-2000s students at Tehran University, holding anti-hijab slogans, will really believe this blonde old man's "kind reminder"?