They have completely misjudged Donald Trump
Many conservatives fear Donald Trump will become Obama 2.0 by releasing hundreds of billions of dollars in frozen Iranian assets and lifting sanctions, allowing the regime to rebuild its terror machine. Those who believe such things simply do not know Trump.
The 47th president has proven himself to be one of the most formidable commanders-in-chief that America has ever produced. You only have to look at all the attacks he overcame to become president to realize he is a warrior. Anyone who underestimates him does so at their own peril.
For 47 years, Iran has been playing American presidents. But Trump is not an ordinary American president. The American media has done everything humanly possible to destroy Trump, but the opposite happened. He destroyed them. The same thing happened with many of the RINOs in the Republican Party. Every attack made him stronger instead of weaker.
Today, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boasts that it will control the Strait of Hormuz and charge tolls that could reach as much as $2 million per ship. They have no comprehension of who they are dealing with. That will never happen.
History is filled with great leaders
When you study history, you encounter great wartime leaders like Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and even Napoleon, whose astonishing return in 1815 allowed him to once again lead France during the Hundred Days. Each demonstrated extraordinary courage, determination, and resilience. Yet Trump’s political comeback stands alone in modern history because no leader has endured what he has endured and emerged stronger.
Iran perfected the craft of humiliating and deceiving American presidents. They learned how to manipulate weakness and exploit desperation.
Go back to Jimmy Carter and the Iranian hostage crisis. Carter was running against Ronald Reagan and, during October of that election year, was desperately trying to buy back the American hostages. Secretary of state Cyrus Vance spent weeks negotiating through Algerian intermediaries. The offers reportedly grew from $1 billion to $2b., then $3b., $4b., $5b., and eventually $6b.
It was only on the morning of Reagan’s inauguration that Carter authorized the transfer of approximately $7.9b. from the Federal Reserve through the Bank of England as part of the agreement that secured the release of the hostages. Iran deliberately waited until Reagan became president, ensuring Carter left office humiliated before finally releasing the captives.
That was how Iran treated American presidents.
But Iran has never dealt with a leader like Trump.
Trump is unlike any president before him
In many ways, Trump can be compared to Gen. George C. Marshall, who built the formidable US Army that helped win World War II. Marshall possessed an unflappable ability to endure chaos and hostile environments. Trump has demonstrated that same kind of resilience.
No American president has demonstrated Trump’s instinct for power or his intuitive ability to read people. He has an almost sixth sense for identifying a person’s weakest point, uncovering hidden vulnerabilities, and applying pressure until they break. He is a political superpower unlike anything America has witnessed in generations.
At the very same time, he can be one of the most courageous and charming human beings you will ever meet. Those who underestimate him always do so at their own peril.
Trump’s political comeback is, without question, the greatest in American history. No other president has ever faced such an unprecedented combination of legal challenges, media assaults, political persecution, assassination attempts, and courtroom battles.
Yet Trump not only survived – he thrived.
In Butler, Pennsylvania, the world watched blood run down his face after an assassin’s bullet struck him. Moments later, he defiantly raised his fist and shouted, “Fight! Fight! Fight!” That image will forever be remembered as one of the defining moments in American political history.
The Biden administration, the media, and the judicial system did everything humanly possible to destroy him. He faced at least 94 criminal charges and countless court proceedings. Time after time, Trump defeated them all. He remained unflappable.
Iran is about to learn the difference
No matter what the Memorandum of Understanding says, you can be certain of one thing: Iran will come out on the short end of the stick.
For nearly half a century, Iran has become accustomed to dealing with weak American presidents whom they could manipulate, deceive, intimidate, and outlast.
They still think they are facing one more politician.
They have no idea who they’re fighting.
The writer has written 120 books and is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and Nobel Peace Prize nominee. He is the founder of the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem, the Ten Boom Museum in Holland, and Churches United with Israel, the largest Christian Zionist network in America, with more than 30 million followers.