Trump Sides With Iranian Protesters: ‘The U.S. Is Watching!’

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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After six days of unrest in Iran that has left at least 20 people dead, President Donald Trump is siding with the protesters whom Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called the “enemies of Iran.”

In tweets on Monday and Tuesday morning, Trump suggested it was “TIME FOR CHANGE” in Iran and applauded the protesters for “finally acting against the brutal and corrupt Iranian regime.” In his tweets, Trump also criticized former President Barack Obama for the nuclear arms treaty struck with Iran during his presidency.

The protests began on Thursday in Mashhad over Iran’s economy and an uptick in the costs of food. It’s since expanded to several cities and demonstrators are beginning to aim their protest at Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Trump has been a longtime, vocal critic of the Obama-era nuclear deal with Iran. He has said the 2015 deal — which limits Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear arsenal in exchange for lifting sanctions against the country — the “worst deal ever negotiated” and said in October that he plans to “decertify,” but not pull out of the pact.

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  1. Great, butthead, give the Iranian hardliners an excuse to crack down on the protestors because they can now portray them as tools of the US. Notice how all the other western countries are mum on the issue, maybe because their have an ounce of brains. STFU for once, listen and learn (no chance).

  2. Strange.
    You would think Trump would be on the the side of the Supreme Leader.
    He knows more then anyone about being supreme.

  3. Yup, he is only hurting the protesters. Which he has likely already been told but he doesn’t care. His need for attention is greater then anything else.


  4. Notice the difference?

  5. The best part of all of this is the fact that the Iranian Nuclear deal and the relieving of sanctions is what got the population to this point. They thought the reduction of sanctions would help the economy and it hasn’t.

    Of course if there’s a full blown revolution in Iran and they end up with a moderate democracy not a single republican will give Obama an ounce of credit

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