Trump’s chance for eternal legacy centers on Iran

Ahistorical legacy is something that can be remembered for centuries and millennia. Any leader whose name has remained in people’s memories for years was someone who helped usher in fundamental and deep socioeconomic, sociopolitical, military, or territorial changes.

An everlasting and unforgettable legacy does not emerge from the day- to- day or short- term- orientated policies that some leaders pursue. Sealing a business deal with another country or signing a flimsy nuclear agreement ( which is already falling apart) are not legacies that remain. They will soon disappear from history and the memory of people, because they are trivial when compared to the larger picture.

Few leaders in the world get the chance to leave an everlasting legacy. ernment. They tried to make a change in the 2009 popular uprising, but they were brutally crushed. No external global power came to their help; former US President Barack Obama left them alone — being beaten or shot with the bullets from Iran’s police.

The overwhelming majority of Iranian people do not desire to see their government stealing their national wealth, or hemorrhaging billions of dollars on Syrian President Bashar Assad, terrorist groups, and Shiite proxies.

When it comes to respecting human rights, Iran is ranked among the top violators. It is ranked top in the world for the number of executions per capita. It brutally suppresses any oppositional voice. It subjugates, dehumanizes and tortures women and children. Iranian leaders crack down on religious and ethnic minorities. The list goes on and on. Iranian people welcome and seek a fundamental change.