MICHAEL LEDEEN: Trump’s Deals Will Not Be Sufficient to Bring Down Enemy Regimes. “Some of the deals he seeks are not attainable, because his would-be deal counterparts are not the least bit interested in dealing with us. Iran, for example, wants us destroyed or dominated. The small group of fanatics around Ayatollah Ali Khamenei believes that Allah has decreed the triumph of radical Islam over Western godless secularism. They think time, and God, are on their side. Why should they make a deal when their triumph is divinely assured? They are undoubtedly thinking, if he can’t bring down Venezuela’s Maduro, how can he possibly topple us?”

The Mullahs live in their own bubble, which makes them dangerous in unexpected ways, but more vulnerable in others. Hit the weak spots.