How Trump Measures Twice – Politics

The President of the United States punishes Iran for sanctions because the country causes problems throughout the region. This also applies to Saudi Arabia. But here he leaves clemency.

The president looks away, a sentence is placed on his chest: "The sanctions come", the sanctions will come, is in the typeface in which the fantastic series "Game of Thrones" designed their posters. A little smaller, the hunter: "November 5" – the image that Donald Trump tweeted last Friday announces a political shift in style in which Hollywood promotes the launch of a new series of series.

The determination that Trump tries to attribute here is a wrong decision. The fans find "Game of Thrones" exciting, because in the series, the characters follow one another. And fans are wondering what is the next conclusion for them. Anyone who thinks Trump wanted to send a warning to Saudi Arabia with this weird tweet is wrong: the royal family has murdered journalist Khashoggi cruelly. But although US allies and politicians demand consequences for perverse behavior, the president ignores it.

Total hardness against Iran

"The sanctions will come" – the announcement is not addressed to Riyadh; It is 1,300 kilometers further north-east of Tehran. Iran will reap Monday the rigor of the US economic blockade, which Trump's predecessors, Obama, had reduced in exchange for an agreement on nuclear weapons. On what he called the "worst case of all time," Trump resigned – just months after celebrating in Riyadh the biggest arms company of all time.

This step has been negligent, even if one of Trump's basic badumptions is not wrong: the Tehran regime plays a bad role in the region. Almost all the many conflicts that rage between the Maghreb and Hindukush involve militias led by Iran. But if Trump's goal was to stabilize and pacify the region, a harsher approach from Saudi Arabia would be appropriate.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Pentagon chief James Mattis simulated a mood shift last week: they called for the end of the war in Yemen. However, Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince and defense minister of Riyadh, estimated that hours later his air force launched attacks on Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, as ground forces prepared to attack the city. port of Al-Hudaida. Consequences: none. The thrust of Trump's ministers should probably impress more critics in the United States.

The purpose of Trump is simply to contain the influence of Iran

After the murder of Khashoggi, some experts have predicted that the crime would change the Arab world as dramatically as the suicide of Mohamed Bouazizi – the Tunisian street vendor has set himself on fire to protest the arbitrary , triggering the wave of protests in 2011.

These critics of the US-Saudi alliance will have to bury their hopes. Moral considerations will continue to play no role in Trump 's stated purpose of containing the influence of the Islamic Republic of Iran or bringing it to an immediate halt. The fatal thing is: If in doubt, this will be the message that will be welcomed in Riyadh, Cairo and Abu Dhabi. And not the call to play a more constructive role than does the Tehran regime.