Tough news day for anyone who has a difficult time holding contradictory ideas in their mind. Pretty sure that includes myself.

On the one hand, Trump is awful for the USA, and the world.

On the other hand, there is a possibility that the freedom-wanting citizens of Iran finally have a slight chance of achieving their goal.

The chance of something truly positive happening seems low. However, as someone who has, for years, watched what happens in Iran via the lens of https://old.reddit.com/r/newiran, I am allowing myself the slightest amount of hope. Iranian people deserve it.

Of course, there is a large chance of this blowing up into something really bad for everyone.

edit: This Ukrainian is currently live streaming with OSINT, and his takes align with many of my actual realist thoughts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUdeA0zukq4