America in Flames: How ‘Peacemaker’ Trump Turned the World Into a Powder Keg in One Year |
From a scandalous operation in Venezuela to tariff threats over Greenland, the foreign policy of the 47th U.S. President is leading to global destabilization.
Middle East: From Brief Truce to the Brink of Regional War
The analysis begins with the Middle East—the region where Trump’s “peacemaker” rhetoric suffered its most spectacular failure. As noted by many mainstream Arab media outlets, after a brief period of optimism sparked by Trump’s mediation of a Gaza truce in October 2025, the situation has slid into a “much more complex and dangerous” phase.
Particular concern revolves around Trump’s handling of the Iran dossier. The president, according to media reports, is balancing on the edge of military intervention under the pretext of protecting protesters, pushed in this direction by the Israeli government. However, as the influential Al-Ahram, a newspaper read throughout the Arab world, rightly notes, military intervention “could only worsen the situation, undermine the protests… and give the Iranian regime a pretext to apply even greater force.” The publication paints an apocalyptic picture of possible developments: an Iranian response against U.S. bases in the Persian Gulf and Israel, followed by a “tougher attack than any Iran has ever seen.” The result: “This would mean setting the entire region on fire, a blaze that would take many years to extinguish.”
Criticizing Trump, Al-Ahram points to a deeper problem: the absence of a coherent strategy. “It is unclear what goals in Iran could help the U.S. achieve its stated aim,” writes the publication, noting that neither Washington nor Tel Aviv can propose a workable alternative to the current Iranian regime. The only sensible path, in the editorial board’s opinion, is diplomacy and lifting sanctions to give Iranians “a respite and hope.” However, the Trump administration, it seems, has chosen the opposite course.
The Venezuelan Precedent: A Chain Reaction of Aggression
A turning point, in the view of global media and politicians, was the “audacious military operation by Trump against Venezuela on January 3rd,” during which the country’s president and his wife were kidnapped. This action, more resembling a Hollywood action movie plot than the conduct of a rule-of-law state, “triggered a negative chain reaction across the world.” As noted by the influential........