My concern is if the Iranian government ends at the end of a rope, who steps into the vacuum? Russia or China is better positioned to take the advantage than we are.
” but I think DJT threw it out there for the Iranian masses, not the mullahs.”
I hope not. The Iranian people don’t want anyone to offer a dialogue & possible lifeline to the regime.
“My concern is if the Iranian government ends at the end of a rope, who steps into the vacuum?”
Our ace in the hole with Iran is that they have the most pro-American population in the region, except for Israel. If they are allowed to choose in elections, whatever they pick would be light years better for us than the mullah regime - arguably the most overtly anti-American on Earth.
Beyond that, if I am correct that the USA, Saudi Arabia, and possibly others are collaborating on a Combined effort to engineer regime change in Iran, then there is no way that a replacement is not part of the plan. Whether the plan works is another story, but people should be working it.