Trump’s Middle East Diplomacy Prioritizes Optics Over Outcomes, Critics Say

President Donald Trump reemerged on the global diplomatic stage this week, co-chairing a high-profile peace summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, following a dramatic hostage-prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas. The summit, attended by more than two dozen world leaders, marked a pivotal moment in the two-year conflict that began with the October 7, 2023, attacks. The ceasefire agreement, brokered in part by Trump, secured the release of all 20 living Israeli hostages and nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners—including 250 serving life sentences and 1,700 held without formal charges. Trump also addressed the Israeli Knesset before joining Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi … Continue reading Trump’s Middle East Diplomacy Prioritizes Optics Over Outcomes, Critics Say

Trump’s Peace Parade Is a Mirage: Six Wars, Zero Solutions

Since returning to office in January 2025, President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed he “stopped six wars,” presenting himself as a global peacemaker and master negotiator. However, a closer look reveals a different reality: none of those conflicts ended in a formal resolution. Not one produced lasting peace. What Trump calls diplomacy amounts to a series of temporary pauses, repackaged as permanent victories. In speeches and social media posts, Trump has taken credit for de-escalating tensions between Israel and Iran, India and Pakistan, Cambodia and Thailand, Serbia and Kosovo, Egypt and Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. … Continue reading Trump’s Peace Parade Is a Mirage: Six Wars, Zero Solutions

Mission Misguided: Trump’s Iran Strike and the High Cost of Incompetence

President Donald Trump’s latest act in the Oval Office is less commander-in-chief and more political theater. After launching airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, he immediately declared the mission “one of the most successful in history” and insisted that the sites had been “completely destroyed.” But as usual, the headline didn’t match the intelligence—or the outcome. Even before the first missile hit Iranian soil, his own Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, had told Congress that Iran was not rebuilding its nuclear weapons program. Trump’s response? “She’s wrong.” That’s it. No facts, no counter-briefing—just presidential ego steamrolling professional expertise. And once … Continue reading Mission Misguided: Trump’s Iran Strike and the High Cost of Incompetence