Al-Farah: Iraq Decides Its Own Fate and Does Not Submit to Trump’s Permission
Mohammed Al-Farah, a member of the Political Bureau of the Ansar Allah Movement, stated that remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump regarding the “freedom and prosperity of Iraq” primarily expose the true face of U.S. policy in the region. He stressed that Washington does not seek the security or well-being of peoples, but rather the protection of its interests and regional influence.
In a post on his personal page on the “X” platform, Al-Farah explained that the United States—while claiming to be a guardian of democracy—is the first to oppose the choices of peoples when those choices do not align with its own desires. He noted that, in Washington’s view, democracy is acceptable only when it produces leaders who serve U.S. interests, and is discarded the moment a people choose a different path.
He emphasized that Washington does not oppose any leader or government—such as Nouri al-Maliki—out of concern for Iraq, but out of fear for its own interests and influence. He affirmed that all U.S. assistance to Iraq has never been without a price, and that Washington’s presence in the country has always been tied to imposing compliant leaders who turn their peoples, resources, and capabilities into tools serving American and Zionist interests.
Al-Farah added: “The U.S. threat to cut support to Iraq is an explicit admission that assistance was never meant for the Iraqi people, but rather a tool of political blackmail: either you choose those we want, or we deprive you of your right to live with dignity.”
The Ansar Allah Political Bureau member stressed that freedom is not granted by a decision from the White House, and that democracy is not measured by Washington’s approval. He underscored that nation-building is not achieved through foreign dictates, nor through prosperity conditioned on the security of the Zionist enemy.
He concluded that Iraq does not need a certificate of good conduct from Trump, nor permission from the United States to choose its leaders. Iraq, he said, is built by the will of its people—and those who raise slogans such as “Let’s make Iraq great” may, at the same time, be incapable of accepting an Iraq that is free, strong, and independent from American tutelage.