Trump the Great Peacemaker?
Trump has done more to promote peace between Jews and Arabs than any previous president in history because he was the only president who understood the conflict.
Dodges shoe.
Okay, hear me out!
It's all about the money. Money may not be the root of all evil, but it's certainly the root of this evil. However, it can also be the root of good. I’ll explain.
The Arabs are not fighting the Jews because they have given up hope. They are fighting the Jews because they have hope of victory.
Be they Asian or African Islamists or American or European “Humanitarians”, both parties are guilty of deluding the Arabs. However, lies are just words and words are wind. It is the fat checks and trucks full of goods that should concern us.
The Palestinians are the greatest per capita recipients of foreign aid on the planet. However, this aid is not unconditional. It is a payment for fighting the Jews. It's a huge industry that Hamas and Fatah are getting fat on at the expense of their people.
By ostensibly giving money for peace, the West indirectly finances terrorism. The Muslim states just cut the middleman and directly finance terrorism. Should the Arabs become too peaceful, the latter will call them traitors and stop paying them. The West won't call them anything, but the money stream will dry because a nation that isn’t at war doesn’t need saving. It’s just not “sexy” enough.
Trump is the only leader who understood this.
The engine of war may be hate, but it's fuel is money. Money is what gives the Arabs hope they may win. Money is what prevents them from taking risks for peace. Money is what keeps them subjugated to a group of radical Islamists and corrupt oligarchs who oh-so-clearly represent foreign interests. Money is why they have time to fight instead of being forced to work for a living. I’m not talking just about the Palestinians, by the way: do you think Yemen would have been bombing anyone if the West didn’t take care of their food problems for them?
By defunding the institutes that demand belligerence (I’m looking at you UNRWA), Trump truly promoted peace. By opposing him, the EU was killing any chance for peace. By peace, I of course mean the cessation of hostilities between Jews and Arabs wherever they live. I do not mean the ethnic cleansing of Jews from some territories, which is what peace means for most people these days. We tried this with Gaza. We saw how well it worked out.
The evidence speaks for itself: during the Trump administration more treaties were made between Jews and Arabs than ever before, and terrorism steadily decreased in the territories. Under Biden’s leadership, we got the bloodiest and widest war in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict and constant attacks on Western ships. Difficult to argue with results.
Peace is possible. However, it will not be achieved by high-minded rhetoric and blindly throwing money at monsters. It will be achieved through mutual self-interest and the destruction of obsolete institutes whose sole raison d'etre is war.
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During his administration, Trump also brokered peace in Korea, and he improved the relationship with the Russians (while Hillary explicitedly wanted to go to war with them if she became president).
That strange man just don't like wars and see people get slaughtered.