President Trump's prescient warnings about Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have been vindicated as the European Union finally woke up and officially designated the IRGC as a terrorist organization on Thursday.
The Council of the European Union's formal announcement marks a stunning reversal for European leaders who spent years ignoring Trump's calls to crack down on Iran's military wing. While the 45th and now 47th President was sounding the alarm about Iranian terrorism, European bureaucrats were busy appeasing the mullahs in Tehran.
This decision follows a preliminary political agreement reached by the Foreign Affairs Council in late January and represents what EU officials are calling "a major shift in European foreign policy." What they won't admit is that it's really just Europe finally catching up to Trump's America First foreign policy that put Iranian bad actors on notice.
Trump's Track Record on Iran
Remember, it was President Trump who withdrew from Obama's disastrous Iran nuclear deal in 2018, reimposed crushing sanctions, and eliminated terror mastermind Qasem Soleimani. While establishment politicians in both America and Europe criticized these moves as "reckless," Trump understood that strength, not appeasement, is the only language Iran's regime understands.
"The IRGC has been responsible for countless acts of terrorism across the Middle East and beyond. It's about time our European allies recognized what we've known all along,"
said a senior Trump administration official familiar with Iran policy.
The timing of Europe's decision is no coincidence. With Trump back in the White House and his America First foreign policy restored, allies around the world are remembering what real leadership looks like. The Biden administration's weakness emboldened Iran for four years, but those days are over.
This IRGC designation isn't just symbolic—it freezes assets, imposes travel bans, and sends a clear message that Western nations won't tolerate Iranian terrorism. Patriots have every right to ask: where was this clarity when Trump was fighting the swamp's Iran apologists for four years?
Once again, President Trump's instincts prove superior to the so-called foreign policy "experts" who got us into this mess. How many more Trump policies will the world eventually adopt?