Many of the hysterical attacks on Trump come from what Nietzsche called “slave morality.”
It’s the mindset of people who feel powerless and lack agency. They project their own fears, weaknesses, and incompetence outward and label it “evil.”
Anything strong, confident, or powerful triggers them, especially someone like Trump who radiates unapologetic strength and the will to actually restructure things.
In slave morality, the world is divided into pure Good versus absolute Evil. You’re not allowed to even talk to the “evil” ones. Understanding them is betrayal. This is why they panic at the idea of negotiation or deal-making.
Master morality is different. There is no cosmic “Evil”, things are simply good or bad. You trust your own power. You don’t fear losing yourself by engaging with difficult realities, because you know who you are. You fix problems, manage situations, and defend what matters.
Trump operates from this frame. He doesn’t buy into the childish good/evil binary. He looks at adversaries, even groups like Hezbollah or the terrorist regime in Iran, and asks: what’s driving them? Fear? Interest? Weakness?
Talking to them doesn’t mean he’s legitimizing them or that he doesn’t know they are criminals, he knows exactly what they are. But he also knows that endless war and destruction isn’t always the smartest or most effective path, especially when you have real leverage and agency.
He doesn’t want unnecessary wars. He doesn’t want innocent people die.
Valuing human life is a lonely endeavor. Trump’s highest priority, the one he is willing to spend political capital, reputation, and raw power on, is making sure fewer human beings die.
He could crush the Islamic regime with overwhelming force in a matter of weeks, but he refuses to do it that way. He knows the power vacuum and chaos that would follow would kill far more Iranians than the regime itself has in recent years.
He will not hand weapons to untrained civilians who would be slaughtered in the streets chasing a romantic vision of instant freedom.
Instead, he is using every tool, crushing economic pressure, diplomacy, threats, incentives, and sheer leverage, to force regime change at the lowest possible human cost.
To the slave-morality crowd, this looks like stupidity or weakness. To anyone who actually believes in power and responsibility, it looks like maturity.
And he is big enough to absorb all the childish tantrums, the ugly insults, and the accusations of cowardice that come with that choice.
The people screaming “weak” or TACO don’t understand that true strength is refusing to spend innocent lives for applause.
They are usually those who have never carried real responsibility in their lives. They judge Trump against a perfect, risk-free ideal and throw tantrums when he isn’t flawless.
They never compare him to the actual alternative, a Kamela Harris America or an Obama who delivered lofty moral theater while Assad turned Syria into a slaughterhouse.
As we say in Persian: “دیکته نانوشته غلط نداره”, the unwritten dictation has no mistakes. Those who never dare to act are quick to criticize anyone who does, because it painfully reminds them of their own cowardice.
As an Iranian, with my whole family still in Iran, I will forever be grateful for Trump’s courage and strength. He could have stood aside like the other moralists, keeping his hands clean.
The people of Iran never asked for a savior, they are too proud for that. They asked for help. I see Trump answering that call as much as one man possibly can. He is not Superman, and this is an immense challenge I truly hope he succeeds in.
Perhaps not many have the capacity right now to fully see or appreciate what he is doing. But Iran will be free, I have no doubt about that, and on that day, the whole world will deeply value the help he gave.