The quote is brutal. And it’s back at the worst possible moment. As U.S. forces edge through a tense, uncertain confrontation with Iran, a decades-old Trump remark about “doing a number on Kharg Island” is suddenly everywhere. To some, it sounds like a blueprint. To others, a warning. Either way, the timing coul… Continues… The resurfaced interview offers a stark reminder of how long Iran has occupied a central place in American political imagination. Trump’s 1988 words were framed as a rejection of what he saw as weakness, but today they land in a world more interconnected, more fragile, and...
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