Last time they tried it Obama threw them all under the bus. This time Trump would have their backs.
At the time Obama was involved in his "Arab Spring" designed to remove pro-western moderate secular governments (Egypt, etc.) and install radical Islamic governments (Muslim Brotherhood). Supporting a pro-democracy revolt in Iran was the last thing he would have done.
“Last time they tried it Obama threw them all under the bus. This time Trump would have their backs.”
At the very least in terms of moral support, which is leagues better than Barky ever did.