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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that a meeting between President Donald Trump and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei could be held tomorrow if the latter agreed. However, it is highly unlikely such a meeting will take place. Any talks involving these two men would bring to mind the historic 1972 meeting between Chinese leader Mao Zedong and Richard Nixon, with Henry Kissinger in attendance.
However, the differences are vast. Iran is not China and Khamenei is not Mao. The leadership of the supreme leader is completely different from that of the Chinese chairman. Moreover, Mao agreed to hold that meeting to settle scores with the Soviet Union.
In all likelihood, Iranian officials never expected the situation to turn into what it is today. The scene is unprecedented in the relationship between revolutionary Iran and the “Great Satan.” The truth is that Trump is a surprise not only to Iran, but also the entire world. Never has an American president shaken the world order like him. He has changed the rules of the game, the rhetoric, the tools of applying pressure, and the threats. He is a president who acts without fear of backlash on the internal scene despite the many critics. He is not afraid of a world that has grown accustomed to defying a hesitant or retreating America.
