The Pieces of Trump's Peace

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Trump's unorthodox mix of pressure, power, and pragmatism shattered old diplomatic molds
Article author: 
Victor Davis Hanson
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AMerican Greatness
Article date: 
13 October 2025
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National News
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international
Mideast
President
national security
terrorism
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What did Donald Trump do differently to obtain at least temporary calm in the Middle East compared to the failed efforts of past administrations, foreign powers, and the United Nations? Let us count ten different approaches.

1. Trump curtailed a considerable amount of Iranian oil income and its dispersal. He stopped, for the near future, the Iranian effort to build a bomb...

2. Trump allowed Netanyahu to destroy Hamas, cripple Hezbollah, and retaliate at will against the Houthis...

4. Trump used the Abraham Accords and his much-maligned tariffs, along with expanding or curtailing commercial access into U.S. markets, to pressure—or persuade—the Gulf and moderate Arab states to ensure funding for Gaza reconstruction and the continued political weakening of Hamas...

6. Trump dealt with enemies, allies, and neutrals from a position of strength, comparative advantage, and national ascendance, unlike the appeasing and anemic Biden years or the apologetics of Obama...

7. Trump was entirely transactional...

8. Europe went from sandbagging Trump in 2017 to 2021 to calling him “daddy” once they realized that only Trump could save Ukraine and, by extension, Europe from Putin. The result was not an anti-American Europe trying to intrude into the Middle East negotiations or ankle-biting the U.S...

10. The Middle East was not seen as a one-off U.S. peace effort—as is usually the case. Instead, it was envisioned as a continuation of a series of prior successful Trump-led ceasefires between Rwanda and Congo, Armenia and Azerbaijan, India and Pakistan, Kosovo and Serbia, Cambodia and Thailand, and Egypt and Ethiopia...

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The Physics and Politics of Peace: Trump's Triumph in the Middle East: Trump's latest triumph—brokering peace between Israel and Hamas—echoes Bagehot's truth: civilization advances only when strength learns the art of deliberate restraint. By Roger Kimball, American Greatness, 12 October 2025.

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