Donald Trump warned Iran to stop killing protesters, or else the regime would face the wrath of the American military. Iran did not stop, and Trump did nothing except to enter into negotiations with the Islamic Republic. Many Iranians who put their faith in Trump’s threats to the regime have been horrified at his failure to act. But President Trump, the Jerusalem Post says in its editorial here Trump can still redeem himself, “Trump has betrayed the Iranian people, but it’s not too late to topple the regime – editorial,” Jerusalem Post, February 4, 2026:
When Iranian protesters took to the streets last month in the deadliest domestic unrest since the 1979 revolution, they carried handwritten signs addressed to US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
They renamed streets after the American president. They filmed video messages pleading for intervention from Washington and Jerusalem. They believed explicit warnings from Trump against killing demonstrators meant something. But they were wrong.
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi are set to meet in Istanbul in an effort to revive diplomacy over the long-running dispute about Iran’s nuclear program and dispel fears of a new regional war. A regional diplomat said representatives from countries such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt would also participate.
This is the same regime that, according to eyewitness accounts and smuggled messages, committed what one Iranian described as “a crime against humanity” during the crackdown. The same regime that shut down the internet for over three weeks to hide mass arrests and killings….
We now know the full extent of the killing, based on what informants inside Iran have reported. The number of Iranian protesters killed now stands at 36,500, and another 300,000 wounded.
The protesters begged for help because they believed Trump’s warnings. They renamed their streets because they thought American power would protect them, and they were slaughtered anyway. Now, Trump is prepared to sit and deal with this regime.
As it stands, he has betrayed the Iranian people, and they are unlikely to ever forgive him for this. But it’s not too late. President Trump, topple this regime.
Perhaps the Iranians will offer to deliver their 400 kg. stockpile of uranium enriched to a level just below weapons grade to the IAEA, and promise not to restart their nuclear program. But they will never agree to Trump’s other two demands: first, to give up their ballistic missiles, and to stop building new ones; second, to end their support for proxies, including Hezbollah and Hamas. Trump has to reiterate that he will only accept Iran’s agreement to all three of his demands. And when the supreme leader refuses, Trump can do what he previously promised, and use his “massive armada” that has now been assembled, to end the nightmare Iranians have endured for 47 years.
Adrian Fegan says
Well what CAN he do that might not make things a whole lot worse ?
I for one applaud the guy for holding back until there is something he can do
MJ Raichyk, PhD says
This time frame is NOT the 12Day War period… Trump is massively an economic engineer and may even see the shape of the crash and deep recession shaping up — within a MONTH or 2 — HERE AS WELL AS CHINA…
That WallSt analyst — Ed Dowd — says that’s why the deportations are so slow b/c the economy is held up by the shapes and funding of corruption built by Biden, WarpSpeed ‘recovery’ and Obama’s migrants before that…
China has so far over extended its own capacities that it’s ”bubble’ is also past saving..
With both collapses, the OIL MKT FALLS and Iran is already blown up, so the mullahs clandestinely shipping crypto to Qatari banks seems that Iranians could be free sooner anyway, w/o the phantasmagoric WAR wanted in the military-only focus…
ttyl
somehistory says
To keep his ‘promise’ would mean spending American money and possibly, American lives.
War and terrorism, deliberate murder of innocent people are terrible things. No matter what he decides to do….and have his fellow Americans support and do….there will continue to be war and terrorism and the deliberate murder of innocent people.
PMK says
Are the people of Iran willing to fight for their freedom or aren’t they?
Are they prepared to give up Islamic rule (and jihad) or aren’t they?
How many times have Muslim nations betrayed the US and the American people?
Let Iranians do the heavy lifting, for a change. It’s their country, not ours. Let them pledge THEIR lives to the cause.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
All that would be fine, had the God Emperor not put his foot in mouth and promised that “help is on the way”, or even worse, threaten the regime w/ dire consequences if they killed a single person. They’ve killed thousands after that warning. On top of that, we now have about 10 warships in the neighborhood, so it’s hard to see US pulling away w/o Trump looking like Jimmy Carter
The other thing is that the islamic leadership is pretty stupid, and in taunting mode. Their foreign minister is arriving at Muscat from Tabas, as opposed to Tehran. Tabas is the site of the failed 1980 US hostage rescue mission, when a sandstorm and equipment failures forced Washington to abort Operation Eagle Claw, killing eight American servicemen.
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202602056079
It’s almost like the islamic regime wants the war
I do agree that the Iranians need to do more than just march down streets screaming “Down w/ the dictator”. They need to attack the weapons depots and seize as many weapons as they can
tkboxer@comcast.net says
Praying Trumpy bear has something hiding under his sleeve ! These nasty mulahas have to be taken out ! Why the hell Reagan didn’t do it is fucked up ! So sick of nobody doing anything about this fucking evil ass islam crap are our leaders that fucking stupid and lazy !
Alkflaeda says
Mr Trump should bear in mind that a people as determined as the Iranians will gain their freedom sooner or later. And, when they do, they will remember who helped and who didn’t. Given the choice between having a military base in Qatar, and one in a newly freed Iran, I know which I would choose.
John Smith says
I’m a firm believer in Biblical prophecy and out of 2,500 prophecies 2,000 have already been fulfilled with absolute accuracy. The Bible clearly warns us in many predictions that Iran will play a big part in its attack on Israel. So if Iran becomes a secular democratic state, will it attack Israel, I don’t think so .
somehistory says
John, as those prophecies which have already been fulfilled, so to the others which have not yet, will be.
So, no matter what happens to the ruling goons in iran, the Scriptures will have fulfillment.
John Smith says
Most definitely the scriptures will be fulfilled.
Dave says
Concentrating on the CCP in China is our main goal. If we achieve that, the Mullahs, no longer able to live on chinese money, will wither on the vine as well. Kinetic action against Iran now only gives the Mullahs the excuse to say they’re being bullied by the Kafir Americans.
James Lincoln says
Pres. Trump should have never promised anything to the Iranian people that he would not deliver on.
Still waiting…
Wellington says
+1
Rarely says
Trump should think a little bit before speaking and then he wouldn’t have to do so much backtracking. OTOH maybe he’s trying to negotiate a bridge or two to be named after him.
Cynthia says
They will never give up on ballistic missiles that can reach Europe and the Americas.
No treaty will hold with them, as they are expert deceivers. And the next Democrats in power will null and void any Trump agreements.
Not acting is kicking the world’s destruction down the road again, not stopping it.
Keys says
100%, Cynthia.
Trump can, with Iranian and other intelligence on the ground, effectively provide lethal air support and intelligence for the angry and motivated anti-regime Iranians.
However, without forces on the ground to “clean out” the regime’s trained and fanatical forces (IRGC, basij, radical Muslim foreign forces coming in from Iraq, etc.) victory for the anti-regime forces will be almost impossible.
How difficult/costly it was for trained Israeli troops to clean out Hamas even with military, especially air, superiority! Hamas is/was such a smaller, less powerful force compared to this regime’s. There is no trained, organized, and armed resistance force among the protestors yet.
Trump will almost certainly not send in invading American ground forces (only covert forces). So who is doing the “clean up”? It would be great to have a coalition of forces, but Europe and the Sunnis probably do not have the will to commit forces.
But unless this regime is ousted, there will be hell to pay for many in the near future. Where will the will, and the willing, to eliminate this regime come from? Israel (“never again”) certainly knows their survival is at stake, but they can not do this alone, especially using the same ROEs they used against Hamas (warnings before bombing, etc.).
Mo says
We should never have gotten involved in the first place. But if he said he was going to do something, he should have done it.
I’m so tired of it all!
Walter Sieruk says
This jihadwatch article starts off with terrible news that “Donald Trump warned Iran to stop killing protesters, or else the regime would face the wrath of the American military. Iran did not stop, and Trump did nothing except to enter into negotiations with the Islamic Republic.”
Donald Trump ,sadly , is proving by his own inaction that he must be all talk and no action of undertaking the fitting US military operation to keep is promises to the Iranian people.
By Trump making himself to be buff ,empty words and false promises he terribly let down the Iranians who trusted him to keep his word of aiding the Iranian patriots with American military force
Donald Trump by not backing up his words US Air Force strikes at that regimes weapon and tyranny control centers, Trump has very much tarnished is reputation as strong determined man who keeps his word . Likewise, he has put dishonor upon the office of the Presidency of the United States.
As for the latter part of the above ,top quote “Trump did nothing except to enter into negotiations with the Islamic Republic.” The fact of reality is that it’s just far too late for any type of “diplomatic settlement’.” The reason why this is so is because the massive murderous human carnage with so much innocent human bloodshed that is so horrendous evil that those brutal cruel death- inflecting despots of Iran must be brought to justice, in the they must be severely punished Likewise, their tyrannical Islamic regime need to be destroyed.
Walter Sieruk says
It’s hardly believable that President Trump would be willing to take part in that fool’s quest of trying to have genuine negotiations of any value or worth with Ihat most evil tyrant Khamenei and those other despota in power in that Islamic tyrannical regime played that deception tactic of having “talks.”
\In any such so called “talks” the officials of that tyranny would only speak half- truths and outrights lies. They engage in the practice of Islamic deception, Taqiyya , to achieve their jihad objectives. Those “negotiations’ are tactic to stall for time so that they may further their construction of many deadly weapons, with the intention of future jihad murder attacks in America and Israel.
We need to pray and hope that President Trump will wake up to reality and then immediately reject such “talks.”
Hank says
Sad he didn’t act on the momentum. It would have been a world first in the last 1400 years since murderous MoMo – the de-Islamization of a nation.
Walter Sieruk says
That hostile :”mullah regime” hates America and the American people and wants to destroy us no matter what. So let’s get it over with a strike that Islamic tyranny.
President Trump should enough information to realize this.
OLD GUY says
It’s complicated, you’re damed if you do and damed if you don’t in todays world. The Iranian people will have to decide if they are willing to fight for their freedom or continue to live under islamic rule. Islamic rule is probably well supported in Iran, so changing leaders maybe possible but not changing their belief in supporting Islam against all others. Also America attacking Iran could be seen as an attack on Islam bringing other Islamic countries into the fight.
LibertyORdeath says
Stop “putting your faith in American intervention.”
If you want a new government, you must do it yourselves. America has done enough policing the world. We have enough problems of our own.
I’d rather see Teump intervene in Canada or the narco-state on our southern border than Iran.
The best way to help the Persians is to send all their migrants home to fight the mullahs. Don’t expect Americans, who have nothing to do with Iran, to fight your fight for you.
Maybe once we get the REMIGRATION of the tens of millions of foreigners in the West, then we’ll have the capacity to help foreign nations with their problems.
Andrew Blackadder says
The Shah of Iran had 100% support from Uncle Sam and yet the Students in Tehran managed to overthrow him then running him out of the country to save his life and family and then installed these evil looking smelly old farts in power since 1979… All those students were executed later…Communists.
So how come the students in Tehran today cannot overthrow these old farts in their robes and turbans and kick these Arabs, they are NOT Persians, out of the country.
Why is it always got to be young Americans fighting, and dying, for countries far far away from America when I dont even see American Marines on the Borders of the USA but there are plenty of US Marines in Saudi,Qatar,Kuwait,UAE so why dont those mega rich islamic Nations do something for the people of Iran.
If America went into Iran some pricks would be screaming Imperialism, if American doesnt not invade they some fools are calling Trump a liar… cant win…
It aint over till the fat lady takes off her head rag….
Inquiring minds want to know.