One door is labeled “Truman/Reagan” and the other is labeled “Carter/Obama/Biden.”

president Donald Trump One must be chosen. again. This time, the choice will determine Trump’s place in history.

The 45th and 47th presidents of the United States walked through the first door on three separate occasions.

Trump ordered General Qassem Soleimani assassinatedHead of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, January 3, 2020.

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Trump then issued his second term order: Operation Midnight Resolve against Iran It attacked nuclear weapons facilities in June last year, and launched Operation Absolute Resolve to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro in January this year.

President Trump Three times he took risks, three times made great contributions to the United States, and restored America’s deterrence along the way.

Trump must restore U.S. deterrence in 2020 as the Iranian regime has gone to hell against the former president barack obama The infamous 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which provided Iran with billions of dollars in cash, hundreds of billions of dollars in sanctions relief, and a guaranteed path to nuclear weapons. This is the Middle East’s capitulation to the mullahs, hidden behind cumbersome language and ridiculous timelines. But the Iranian theocrats knew they had won.

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President Trump has repeatedly called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action “the worst deal in history,” and he’s always right. It was the equivalent of the Munich Agreement between Neville Chamberlain and Hitler. The damage to the world is enormous.

period of chairmanship Joe BidenThe disastrous and chaotic retreat from Afghanistan did not directly concern Iran, but it did seriously damage America’s standing in the world and set up Biden’s presidency as a catastrophic failure.

President Trump works to reverse the damage caused by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, including the attack on Soleimani and iran nuclear facilities.

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Now, however, the Iranians are fighting back with thousands of ballistic missiles that have threatened U.S. bases in the Middle East, Israel, and our Gulf allies. Even the appeasers of Team Obama and Team Biden have fully exposed the nature of the regime: In January this year, the Ayatollah ordered tens of thousands of citizens to be shot or killed with machetes. Does anyone doubt that once they develop the range, they will turn their missiles on American cities? A crazy killer will kill again and again.

Thanks to Presidents Obama and Biden, Ayatollah Khamenei and his IRGC thugs believe that the United States always ends up “blinking.” They still don’t believe Trump is different from Obama and Biden. They viewed Trump’s one-day visit as just a brief deviation from the Obama-Biden policy of appeasement. Iranians are not afraid of Trump. However.

The Iranians built huge missiles with huge warheads. They already have over a thousand missiles in their arsenal, and they’ve Speeded up production of thousands of pieces The situation worsened last year after Trump attacked their nuclear weapons facilities.

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The Iranians are working to extend the range of their missiles. Iran’s longest-range missiles may now reach Europe. Sooner or later they will threaten the United States, and we don’t have Trump’s “golden dome” yet.

So Trump must now decide what to do with these missiles and the mass murderers who rule Iran. Trump has ordered The vast accumulation of U.S. military assets Massive U.S. military assets within Iran’s strike range and deploy the defenses we must protect our bases and allies.

Now he must decide which door to take.

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Truman and Reagan (and both Bushes) would order strikes.

Carter, Obama, and Biden will make concessions and pretend they have defused the crisis, when in fact they have weakened U.S. deterrence.

Rarely do we see such stark choices a president ——As far as history is concerned, this is a fork in the road for his personal life and a fork in the road for America’s future.

Trump can be remembered as a man who brought help to the people of Iran and protected the United States from an emerging threat after nearly 50 years of fanatical dictatorship, or as a president who made deeper concessions than any president before him.

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On August 26, 1990, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher spoke with President George H.W. Bush about Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Iraq. “This is not the time to waver,” the prime minister told the president.

It was probably the least needed encouragement ever, as the veteran World War II fighter pilot wasn’t one to back down. (HW was shot down twice and returned to duty both times.) But Thatcher’s quote has gone down in history because it was both very British and very useful in many situations.

Iran’s collapse or survival depends on a choice within the Revolutionary Guards

It works now. No matter how attractive the Carter/Obama/Biden exit looks, President Trump cannot be swayed. In other words, Trump “can’t go to Obama.”

I repeat: President Trump’s choices will determine his place in history. Everything else about his eight years will be secondary to his immediate decisions.

All other achievements will be secondary. When the threat to the world from destroying the Iranian regime is on the table, all criticism will become irrelevant.

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President Trump can choose to do what no other president since Jimmy Carter has dared to do: weaken or end the fanatical regime in Iran that already threatens and destabilizes the Middle East on a daily basis and, if not stopped, could soon threaten the United States.

Pray that he makes wise choices. America’s national security, the hopes of the Iranian people, and the future of the Middle East depend on this decision.

Hugh Hewitt is a Fox News contributor andThe Hugh Hewitt Show“Listen from 3 to 6 PM ET on the Salem Radio Network and simulcast on the Salem News Channel. Hugh drives Americans home on the East Coast and on the West Coast for lunch at more than 400 affiliates across the country and on all streaming platforms where SNC can be seen. He is a regular guest on the Fox News Channel News Roundtable, moderated by Bret Baier weekdays at 6 PM ET. He is a son of Ohio and a graduate of Harvard University and Hewitt has been a professor at the University of Michigan Law School since 1996 He has been a law professor at Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law, where he teaches constitutional law. Hewitt launched his eponymous radio show in Los Angeles in 1990. Hewitt has appeared regularly on major national news television networks, has written for major U.S. newspapers, written more than a dozen books and moderated dozens of Republican candidate debates, most recently the 2023 Miami Republican Presidential Debate and the 2015-16 The cycle’s four Republican presidential debates focused on the Constitution, national security, American politics and the Cleveland Browns and the Guardian. Hewitt has interviewed tens of thousands of guests during his 40-year broadcasting career, from Democrat Hillary Clinton to Republican presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump.

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