The IRGC’s October surprise
Pro-Israel supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Iran—most prominently, Victor Davis Hanson—dismiss the president’s apparent appeasement of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and distancing from Israel by pointing to the…
Assessment
The piece frames the Trump administration's Iran policy as a calculated political maneuver ahead of the midterm elections, suggesting that appeasing the IRGC is a temporary strategy to avoid economic disruption. The core tension is between long-term national security interests and short-term electoral survival. Readers should watch whether the MoU actually reduces tensions or merely postpones confrontation until after November.