Tom Friedman: A Democratic Iran Might Not Be Worth Seeing Trump And Netanyahu Get Credit For Successful Regime Change Like This

[Billiejeens]

New York Times columnist Tom Friedman told CNN's "Smerconish" that he would love to see the Islamic Republic in Iran replaced by a Democratic regime, but letting Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu get credit for succeeding at overthrowing it like this might not be worth it.

"Nothing would improve the region more than the replacement of this regime in Iran," Friedman said. "The problem is I really don't want to see Bibi Netanyahu or Donald Trump politically strengthened by this war because they are two awful human beings."

"They are both engaged in anti- democratic projects in their own countries. They're both alleged crooks. They are terrible, terrible people doing terrible things to America's standing in the world and Israel standing in the world," Friedman said about Trump and Netanyahu. "So I really find myself torn. I want to see Iran militarily defeated, but I do not want to see these two terrible people strengthened."

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/04/12/tom_friedman_a_democratic_iran_might_not_be_worth_seeing_trump_and_netanyahu_get_credit_for_successful_regime_change_like_this.html

BJ -
In about 30 seconds Friedman explains why no one should take Democrats seriously,
BTW when did Friedman become a failed foreign affairs columnist - his gig has always been a failed economist.

 

[Lockback]

New York Times columnist Tom Friedman told CNN's "Smerconish" that he would love to see the Islamic Republic in Iran replaced by a Democratic regime, but letting Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu get credit for succeeding at overthrowing it like this might not be worth it.

"Nothing would improve the region more than the replacement of this regime in Iran," Friedman said. "The problem is I really don't want to see Bibi Netanyahu or Donald Trump politically strengthened by this war because they are two awful human beings."

Tom Friedman is a goddam idiot, a complete fraud.
He's just another lockstep leftist. What a pathetic thing to say. He cares more about hating Trump than freeing Iranians from the yoke of radical Islam that has choked them for 47 years.
What an asshole.

 

[SeaMajor7]

The pathetic demented LEFT are completely INSANE.
They feel that they can just declare Bibi and Trump are bad actors and are plotting evil in their own countries, and we're all just supposed to believe that CRAP without an OUNCE of evidence presented.
They. Just. Say. It.
Un Freaking Believable.

 

[1srelluc]

Meh, they just said the quiet part out loud.....To a vile dem it's piss on the country and the world if Trump gets any credit for making things better....You just can't despise the vile dems enough.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Tom Friedman is a goddam idiot, a complete fraud.
He's just another lockstep leftist. What a pathetic thing to say. He cares more about hating Trump than freeing Iranians from the yoke of radical Islam that has choked them for 47 years.
What an asshole.n

All democrats care more about hating Trump than anything else.

 

[OldFlame]

He's just confirmed what we've always known, they see Trump as their biggest enemy that needs to be destroyed, disgusting.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Leftists would chop off their nose to spite their face.

 

[Billiejeens]

Meh, they just said the quiet part out loud.....To a vile dem it's piss on the country and the world if Trump gets any credit for making things better....You just can't despise the vile dems enough.

Agreed.

But when they say it out loud, it doesn't hurt to repeat it.

 

[RhodyPatriot]

New York Times columnist Tom Friedman told CNN's "Smerconish" that he would love to see the Islamic Republic in Iran replaced by a Democratic regime, but letting Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu get credit for succeeding at overthrowing it like this might not be worth it.

"Nothing would improve the region more than the replacement of this regime in Iran," Friedman said. "The problem is I really don't want to see Bibi Netanyahu or Donald Trump politically strengthened by this war because they are two awful human beings."

"They are both engaged in anti- democratic projects in their own countries. They're both alleged crooks. They are terrible, terrible people doing terrible things to America's standing in the world and Israel standing in the world," Friedman said about Trump and Netanyahu. "So I really find myself torn. I want to see Iran militarily defeated, but I do not want to see these two terrible people strengthened."

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/04/12/tom_friedman_a_democratic_iran_might_not_be_worth_seeing_trump_and_netanyahu_get_credit_for_successful_regime_change_like_this.html

BJ -
In about 30 seconds Friedman explains why no one should take Democrats seriously,
BTW when did Friedman become a failed foreign affairs columnist - his gig has always been a failed economist.

Pathetic low-down TDs of the highest order for all to see.

They are truly broken.

And he's supposed to be a "moderate".

 

[theHawk]

Tom Friedman is a goddam idiot, a complete fraud.
He's just another lockstep leftist. What a pathetic thing to say. He cares more about hating Trump than freeing Iranians from the yoke of radical Islam that has choked them for 47 years.
What an asshole.

The thing is all lefties think that way.

He isn’t a fringe lefty, he’s just a normal leftwinger and that’s how deranged they are.

 

[Lockback]

The thing is all lefties think that way.

He isn’t a fringe lefty, he’s just a normal leftwinger and that’s how deranged they are.

Correct on all points.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

And he's supposed to be a "moderate".

Leftists play a framing game in order to try to pull the mainstream in a leftward direction. They label ordinary citizens who object to leftist indoctrination in schools as "far right", while they label those who are SLIGHTLY less radical than full-on communists as "moderate".

This is being driven by our mainstream media which almost never points out leftist bias but is quick to label just about anything as "right wing" and done with an unsavory implication.

 

[Billiejeens]

Pathetic low-down TDs of the highest order for all to see.

They are truly broken.

And he's supposed to be a "moderate".

He is forced to be a left-wing-lunatic
otherwise he would be a catastrophic failure at this life thingy.

He is embraced for his lunatic views despite never once being factually correct.