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karynnj

(61,131 posts)
8. He doesn't understand the difference between ending a war
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 10:40 AM
Sep 2025

Last edited Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:10 AM - Edit history (1)

and a ceasefire. Every US President, secretary of state and their staff has acted as a broker in trying to get ceasefires or resolve disputes that could become hot. He has actually been LESS successful.

On his list of 7, in some the countries involved did not credit the US, in other countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo, the ceasefire never really held. In the case of Thailand and Cambodia, his claim is that he told both to meet.

In the two biggest wars, he has made things worse. In Israel, Netanyahu was or thinks he was given carte blanc to do anything he wants. For anyone who thought Biden too soft on Israel, Trump, especially with his early Gaza, transitioned to be a Palestinian free resort, did not just provide too little of a break, he accelerated the war. On Ukraine, he encouraged Russia by at points making US policy close to Russia's.



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