TRUMP KEEPS IT UP – AT 10:30 A.M. ET:  Unlike Obama, who showed no enthusiasm whatever when Iranians revolted in 2009, President Trump is keeping up a steady drumbeat of support for the current Iranian protesters.  Whether that support will translate into action is what thoughtful people must ask now.  From AFP:

WASHINGTON, United States — US President Donald Trump said Monday it was “time for change” in Iran and that the country’s people were “hungry” for freedom, after days of deadly protests against the government in Tehran.

“Iran is failing at every level despite the terrible deal made with them by the Obama Administration,” Trump tweeted, referring to the nuclear pact sealed under his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama.

“The great Iranian people have been repressed for many years. They are hungry for food & for freedom. Along with human rights, the wealth of Iran is being looted. TIME FOR CHANGE!”

Trump has been vocal on Twitter about the protests in Iran since they erupted last week.

Iran is failing at every level despite the terrible deal made with them by the Obama Administration. The great Iranian people have been repressed for many years. They are hungry for food & for freedom. Along with human rights, the wealth of Iran is being looted. TIME FOR CHANGE!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

COMMENT:  The president returns to Washington today from his holiday stay in Florida.  What will he actually do about Iran?  Will he turn up the heat?  Or will he weaken before the pedestrian and mediocre advice given by Deep State, which saw nothing wrong with Obama's appeasement policies?

And what about our mainstream media?  Yes, they've been reporting the Iran story, but some reporters, especially the ones with the British accents at CNN, seem almost reluctant to admit that the protesters have a point, and our demanding their freedom.  After all, admitting that is conceding a point to Donald Trump, and that is forbidden by Deep Press.

January 1,  2018