I have seen refernces online to Donald Trump not being much of a fan of Reza Pahlavi but I have not seen any explanation or basis in fact as to why this might be the case.
Agree.
Trump made statements in the past, that he thought Pahlavi was a nice guy, but he’d been out of Iran for too long, and wanted someone on the ground who was already part of the gov’t in some way. Pahlavi has maintained close connections inside Iran all these years. So, I don’t agree with needing someone who was already part of the current gov’t.
Maybe Trump didn’t think that Pahlavi had enough military might behind him to be able to handle a takeover at this point.
Unfortunately, the average person there who was willing to give their life for Pahlavi & REAL ACTUAL regime change, is going to be totally defeated by this outcome, if it stands.
The IRGC is in charge of their lives. They’ll loosen up some dress codes for women (no hijab) but people will be arrested, tortured, executed as usual...Except now their country is in ruins and all the factories where they used to have jobs are gone. Sounds like the recipe for a mass exodus.
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“I have seen refernces online to Donald Trump not being much of a fan of Reza Pahlavi but I have not seen any explanation or basis in fact as to why this might be the case.”
It’s because Donald Trump is not retarded and usually is not fond of fairytales.