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JI7

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17. I think they might even feel betrayed if he makes

Reply to Quiet Em (Reply #14)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 12:20 PM

Mar 3

a deal with someone else from the current regime and things don't really change.

Or if he prevents someone else that they support from coming into power like he did with Venezuela.

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My Iranian friend is doing the Trump dance [View all] Sea Turtle Mar 3 OP

It too early for victory parade's. Omnipresent Mar 3 #1

It is a very complicated picture, essentially for many Iranians in the lostincalifornia Mar 3 #2

It's not like they wouldn't have a transition plan. The guy was 86 wasn't he? travelingthrulife Mar 3 #3

Yep, I thought of that same thing. I guess Trump thought he would die first. Walleye Mar 3 #7

and he had cancer dsc Mar 3 #9

I honestly do not get it TexasBushwhacker Mar 3 #6

Don't want Trump to take their green card if they oppose him Walleye Mar 3 #4

I trust my friend Sea Turtle Mar 3 #12

Most Venezuelans in South Florida celebrated Trump's "invasion" of their country and Maduro's capture. sop Mar 3 #5

And, of course, most of the Venezuelans in Miami markodochartaigh Mar 3 #13

Agree sop Mar 3 #15

I have a friend, former co-worker from Iran rollin74 Mar 3 #8

The US has immigrants from many countries markodochartaigh Mar 3 #10

More than one thing true at the same time? Sea Turtle Mar 3 #18

This is the third time that the US has succeeded in markodochartaigh Mar 3 #19

How is success defined in this case? Torchlight Mar 3 #23

People...well sane people....IOW NOT Retrumplicans, can hold differing views maxrandb Mar 3 #11

You are not going to find many Iranian Americans, if any at all, that did not feel a sense of joy or relief Quiet Em Mar 3 #14

I think they might even feel betrayed if he makes JI7 Mar 3 #17

Iran is a shitty place and a religion they don't believe in is being forced on them JI7 Mar 3 #16

When you've been oppressed Greg_In_SF Mar 3 #20

Soon to be deported friend purr-rat beauty Mar 3 #21

A good time to cut ties permanently. BannonsLiver Mar 3 #22