PRAGMATIC ISSUES

Let’s stop pretending Donald Trump “brokered peace” between Israel and Hamas.

He didn’t. He brokered a photo op.

Trump’s foreign policy has never been about peace, it’s been about projection, the theater of dominance, the illusion of diplomacy wrapped in narcissism. His tantrum over not getting a Nobel Peace Prize is laughable.

To win one, you need compassion, ethics, and humanity.

Trump has never trafficked in any of those currencies.

So no, he didn’t get snubbed for the Nobel.

He got exposed.

The Man Who Calls His Own People the Enemy

This is the same man who calls Democrats and progressives the “enemy from within.”

He’s floated the idea of turning the U.S. military inward, unleashing the National Guard or even active troops to “control” so-called “far-left lunatics.” That’s not leadership.

That’s dictatorship 101.

At one rally, he joked about violence against Liz Cheney “guns trained on her face” as if threatening a former member of Congress were political stand-up comedy. Over the years, he’s mused aloud about shooting protesters, roughing up journalists, and paying legal fees for those who “handle” hecklers.

Peace?

Please.

This man doesn’t even believe in civility.

Retaliation as a Foreign Policy

Trump’s brand of “justice” is revenge dressed in a red tie. He’s repeatedly promised to weaponize the federal government to go after Democrats, journalists, judges, and anyone who dares hold him accountable.

His social-media manifesto says it best: “IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU.”

He means it.

He’s threatened to indict his political opponents in a second term. He’s bragged about stripping away free-speech protections. And as of July 2025, the United States sits on the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist for a “sustained assault on civil freedoms.”

That’s not an honor roll.

That’s a global warning label.

He even once said he “took the freedom of speech away.”

For once, he might actually be telling the truth.

Cutting Care, Fanning Chaos

While he vows to make his enemies “pay dearly,” Trump’s administration has quietly cut medical care for veterans and the elderly.

He’s turned immigration policy into a humanitarian nightmare and governance into grievance. His Cabinet doesn’t lead, it echoes. The lies flow from the top and settle like smog across the country.

The “Peace” Deal That Wasn’t

Now we’re supposed to believe the man who tweets threats at dawn and vengeance at dusk suddenly morphed into a global peacemaker?

Please.

What Trump actually did was rubber-stamp a fragile cease-fire, a hostage-swap deal stitched together under international pressure, and parade it as divine diplomacy.

It’s diplomacy by photo op, not by principle.

The man’s never met a mirror he didn’t mistake for a throne.

Meanwhile, his allies are using the moment to justify the unthinkable, repealing the 22nd Amendment so he can cling to power for a third term.

Florida Congressman Randy Fine even said Americans should “thank the Lord for every day Donald Trump can be our President.”

That’s not gratitude.

That’s cult worship.

Democracy Doesn’t Need a Messiah

A third term for Trump wouldn’t be a sign of strength. It would be the final symptom of national decay.

Democracies don’t die with a bang, they die with applause for the man who refuses to leave the stage.

The 22nd Amendment wasn’t written for weak nations. It was written for moments like this when populism blinds people to power’s hunger for permanence. Once you normalize a third term, you normalize tyranny.

A Cease-Fire Is Not Peace

This so-called “peace plan” solves nothing. It doesn’t define who governs Gaza, doesn’t demand Hamas disarm, and doesn’t guarantee Israel’s security without occupation. It rebuilds no trust, creates no stability, and leaves the Middle East one missile away from collapse.

It’s not peace.

It’s a pause, a handshake for the cameras followed by a press release dripping in self-congratulation.

We’ve seen this act before. Trump’s “deal of the century” in 2020 collapsed for the same reason this one will, diplomacy isn’t branding. It’s compromise, permanence, and accountability. This “deal” is none of those things. It’s a campaign prop with a body count.

To use a fragile cease-fire as an excuse to dismantle constitutional guardrails is dangerous beyond measure. America doesn’t need another strongman, it needs strength of principle.

Trump didn’t end a war, he just rebranded it.

And no amount of smoke, mirrors, or Nobel fantasies should make this nation forget what it’s really seeing,

a man who mistakes domination for diplomacy and chaos for peace.