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It was not a punctual statement by President Donald Trump that he would end the wars and provoke world peace during a second term of the White House.
It was a major board of his presidential campaign.
Trump promised a quieter world during his Debate with the president of the time Joe Biden Last June. The poor performance of Biden and the perception that Trump would be a stronger leader helped to hunt Biden of the race.
Things have not settled on the world stage since Trump took up his duties. In fact, there is a New conflict brewing And Trump is actively considering American soldiers strike Iran, warning that Iran’s nuclear capacities are more developed than his own intelligence community has not evaluated.
Americans who now examine the real possibility that the United States joins the Israel strike in Iran may wonder what has happened to the asset that promised peace on the campaign track.
Trump frequently criticized Biden for the fact that Ukraine’s invasion by Russia and the war between Israel and Hamas both produced on Biden’s watch. “(Biden) will take us to the Second World War, and we are closer to the Second World War than anyone can imagine,” said Trump.
The opening of Trump to the use of American fire power to help Israel in his offensive against Iran could be interpreted as a complete reversal of his repeated promises to be more judicious with American firepower and to focus on American interests above all.
At a National Guard conference in Detroit last August where he was Approved by Tulsi Gabbard, A former anti-war democratic member of the Hawaii Congress who is now his director of national intelligence, Trump said that the Democrats and the self-employed would vote for him in part because he would end the wars.
“I am convinced that his first task will be to do the work to bring us back to the edge of the war,” said Gabbard at the same event, explaining his support to Trump. “We can only be prosperous if we are at peace.”
It was considered an important change in republican foreign policy, while Trump moved away from the school of neoconservative thought that led the United States War in Iraqand World War World War that the United States should help promote democracy worldwide.
There is now a major rift brewing in the GOP on Iran. An example: TUCKER Carlson, a major of Trump Backer in the conservative online media Chamber, who opposes American participation in Israel’s attacks, confronted Senator Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican, during a combative interview Published on the social media platform X.
Trump’s promises of peace have been difficult to achieve.
The war in Ukraine would be over, Trump promised during the debate: “Before taking office on January 20.”
The war is still far from over and Trump expressed his frustration in the face of his inability to stop him. The War of Israel with Hamas in Gaza also continues, despite Trump’s promise to end it quickly.
Trump argued during the debate that he would be more effective on the world scene than Biden because world leaders do not respect the Democrat. “They don’t fear it. They have nothing with this gentleman and he will take us to the Second World War. ”
But Trump could not persuade or put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war with Ukraine.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck Iran Without the approval of Trump – Although the administration is aware, the decision was going to arrive – and now it is Trump who goes to the position of Israel rather than the reverse.
Instead of surrounding themselves with people who would take the United States at war, Trump promised a new type of staff to build a much more powerful army that would prevent wars from going out. “It will be peace again by force,” he said at the National Guard conference. However, his current post on Iran aligns more with the Republicans of the old school who did not hesitate to use American military power.
Trump frequently spoke about the campaign of the campaign of the need to avoid the Second World War, which he said that he could achieve. Maybe joining Israel in his efforts against Iran, if that is what Trump finally decides to do, will be a step in this direction. But he did not mention such detours during the campaign.
“I could have been in disorder as you did right now,” said Trump alongside Gabbard. “You have all the places, the whole world explodes. Yes, the Second World War if something does not happen quickly. And it will be a world war like no other because of nuclear energy and other powers that exist.”
Promising peace is something that has extended to Trump’s inaugural address.
“We will measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars we are finishing, and perhaps above all, the wars in which we never are,” he said.
Now Trump uses the language of war, demanding Iran’s unconditional surrender in publications on social networks, even if the United States and Iran are not technically at war and Trump always says that Iran will come to the negotiation table.
Iran could still negotiate the end of the attack on Israel, which occurs with more and more support from the United States. Trump still weighs if this support will include military force.
For the moment, he does not act like a unifier, although this is what he promised to the Americans in his second inaugural.
“This is what I want to be: a peacemaker and a unifying,” he said. Until now, his time in power has not, at least not yet, the era of peace.