'Donald Trump will make UK safer and we should welcome his return as president'
Left-wingers hate Donald Trump but they are wrong as his Gaza deal shows
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Left-wingers hate Donald Trump but they are wrong as his Gaza deal shows
Donald Trump won’t become US President for a second time until his glitzy Washington inauguration on January 20 but he’s already chalked up a massive foreign policy success.
Israel and terror group Hamas are coming close to agreeing a deal that could see fighting in Gaza end for at least six weeks and hostages released.
And this is part of a pattern for Donald Trump. Left-wingers hate him but they’ve got it wrong - he’s a peacemaker who will make the world a safer place, including for us here in the UK.
There are still obstacles before the Gaza deal is finalised but an end to that horrific conflict looks more likely than at any point since the current hostilities began.
Outgoing US President Joe Biden attempted to take the credit but that really belongs to Mr Trump, who had warned that “all hell will break out” if hostages held by Hamas weren’t released before he returned to the White House.
Mr Trump is also said to have put pressure on Israel behind the scenes to agree a deal, even though he’s staunchly pro-Israel.
It’s typical of how he operates. He threatens hellfire and brimstone but the tough words are designed to get a deal, not to start a war.
There’s a stark contrast with previous Presidents. George W Bush joined forces with ex-UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to invade Iraq, causing chaos across the Middle East. And Barack Obama, the Democrat president beloved by left-wingers in the UK, waged war in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen, launching 563 missile and drone strikes during his two terms in office.
There’s no reason to think US military action will cease entirely under Mr Trump’s leadership but he won’t be launching invasions or getting the US embroiled in any foreign conflicts if he can help it.
Trump is not some sort of pacifist or left-wing internationalist who thinks the United Nations should settle everything. Quite the opposite.
He’s a ruthless American patriot who puts US interests first. But that’s why he opposes sending US soldiers overseas to die, and opposes spending billions of US dollars on conflicts in other countries.
And Donald Trump proved himself a peacemaker last time he served as President, between 2017 and 2021, when he oversaw the Abraham Accords - peace deals between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Israel and Bahrain.
His next big challenge is ending the war in Ukraine. The US has spent £65 billion so far helping Ukraine fight off Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s invasion, and he wants to turn off the tap.
Again, he wants a deal - this time between Ukraine and Russia.
That makes some in the west nervous, because it probably means Mr Putin will be allowed to keep some of the territory his armed forces seized in their bloody invasion.
But Trump’s pick for Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, argues that those who oppose any compromise with Russia have “never been clear about how this conflict will end.” At least a deal will end the slaughter.
We in the UK should welcome the return of President Trump. The world becomes a safer place with him in the White House.
