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America’s Enemies Are Nervous: America’s Allies Are Optimistic

Dr. Munr Kazmir
5 min readJan 8, 2025

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The Donald Trump 2.0 effect.

President-elect of the United States Donald Trump speaking with attendees at the 2024 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. December 22, 2024. (Photo: Gage Skidmore)

Donald Trump’s return to the international geopolitical stage has stirred a whirlwind of reactions worldwide. On one hand, America’s adversaries, from Beijing to Tehran, seem visibly unsettled.

As Trump set to return, Iran denies trying to kill him, claims it doesn’t seek nukes,” reported the Times of Israel shortly after Donald Trump’s reelection in November 2024. “Iran’s foreign minister is seeking to distance Tehran from the US Justice Department revelations that it sought to assassinate US President-elect Donald Trump, who reports indicate could renew the US ‘maximum pressure’ campaign on the Islamic Republic when back in the White House.”

Iran ‘Postpones’ 3rd Attack on Israel in Hope of Deal with Trump,” reported Joel B. Pollak for Breitbart on November 13, 2024. “Iran is reportedly postponing its promised third ballistic missile attack on Israel in the hope of reaching a deal with President-elect Donald Trump, who has taken a hard line on Iran but has also expressed hope of a new agreement.”

“Iran attacked Israel in April with hundreds of missiles, drones, and projectiles, almost all of which were intercepted,” noted Pollak. “It struck again in October with hundreds of ballistic missiles, most of which were again intercepted…

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