It must have really caused some serious heartburn for the Washington Post editorial board to write this, but, at least they gave Trump credit, unlike this guy
That’s just sad, no mention of Trump
Donald Trump and peace in the Mideast
This Gaza peace plan may actually hold. The president’s unorthodox deal-making style deserves credit.
The announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to President Donald Trump’s plan to end the two-year war in Gaza could be the biggest diplomatic achievement of his second term. Indeed, if the deal holds, Trump can legitimately bolster his claim to be a peacemaker worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize. (snip, because you most likely know about the deal)
Details on the other phases of Trump’s peace plan will likely require days and weeks of tedious negotiations. The outstanding issues include the total disarming of Hamas and the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops to a “buffer zone” on the Gaza border. The United States, Qatar, Egypt and Turkey have signed on as guarantors of the pact. The Arab and Muslim countries were needed to convince Hamas that it had no choice but to sign.
Trump, meanwhile, pressured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to end the fighting short of his stated goal of the total annihilation of Hamas. Credit Trump for pushing Netanyahu after Israel’s bombing of Hamas targets inside Qatar nearly derailed the sensitive negotiations. No other American president has managed the relationship with that difficult partner more intuitively.
It really does go to the fact that Trump has been in business most of his life, making deals and building things. Mostly successful, but, he also knows failure. He sees a problem and looks to bull ahead and solve it, not yammer, put together committees, hold hearings, elicit this that and the other. He wants it fixed.
What seems different this time is Trump’s personal involvement. He brought an unorthodox negotiating style and relied on a few trusted advisers, his gut instinct and an abiding belief in the power of personal relationships. That combination has brought other successes — like the Abraham Accords of his first term and the commitment of Europeans to spend more on their own defense.
If this peace deal opens the path to a broader Middle East peace — perhaps even extending the Abraham Accords to include Saudi Arabia — then Trump will have a generational accomplishment that eluded successive American presidents for decades. That is still a long way off, but the massive progress over the past day is worth celebrating.
You really can imagine the members of the WPEB doing a lot of tequila shots while writing this with a lot of Rolaids. I’d like to say what the LA Times has to say, but, the whole Israel-Gaza issue is completely missing from their web front page, at least as of Thursday night.
US is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the Gaza ceasefire deal
The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a team that includes partner nations, nongovernmental organizations and private-sector players, U.S. officials said Thursday.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details that were not authorized for release, said U.S. Central Command is going to establish a “civil-military coordination center” in Israel that will help facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid as well as logistical and security assistance into the territory wracked by two years of war.
Hamas best not start something.
The left will probably combitch that owner Jeff Bezos forced the editorial, just as he spiked the endorsement of Kamala Emhoff.
I’ll hold off celebrating the Trump peace Plan until I see that it is actually working.
We should congratulate our esteemed host for his New York Giants beating the Iggles last night.
Not a good night for Philadelphia sports fans. The Dodgers eliminated the Phillies, and the Flyers lost their season opener.
Whatever his motives, President Trump deserves credit for his efforts forcing Hamas and Netanyahu to the table.
In related news…
+++Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
Known as “Venezuela’s ‘Iron Lady,’” Machado has been in hiding for more than 14 months after refusing to bow out after Nicolás Maduro declared victory in a US- and EU-criticized election.
“The Nobel Peace Prize of 2025 goes to a brave and committed champion of peace. To a woman who keeps the flame of democracy glowing amid a growing darkness,” Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, told reporters at the announcement.+++
+++Said Machado: “This is an achievement of a whole society. I am just, you know, one person. I certainly do not deserve this.”
“I’m honored, humbled. I’m very grateful on behalf of the Venezuelan people. We’re not there yet. We’re working very hard to achieve it, but I’m sure that we will prevail,” she said.+++
White House communications director, Steven Cheung, said, “The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace. President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars and saving lives.”
Trump is the only 12 times loser of of a Nobel
A record I believe I will never see broken
Don’t be too sure!! The US imports machinery, pharmaceutical products, electrical equipment, nickel and petroleum from Norway.
I see a 1000% tariff in their future and calls for their expulsion from NATO.
Back in July, Trump phoned Norway’s Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg “out of the blue” to inquire about the possibility of acquiring the prize AND to discuss tariffs. “A nice country you got there, it’d be a shame if somethin’ were to happen to it”.
The Peace Prize is awarded ANNUALLY so Big Donnie still has a shot! If his efforts in the Israel-Hamas kerfuffle pan out, and if he doesn’t do something outrageously stupid, like turn the US into 1930s Germany, invade Venezuela, turn Gaza in to TrumpLand ME, deport too many US citizens etc he could pick up next year’s prize (and deservedly so!!).
But if he continues to stack on more negatives than positives, his chances are under water. Sorry Donnie.
John,
The Nobel became irrelevant when they gave the prize to an even worse president than Biden, that being Obama.
Machado is the CIA-approved regime change puppet for Venezuela. She was getting recognition back during the Bush administration. Amazing that the Nobel committee decided to raise her public attention, when she had accomplished nothing in over 20 years of activism. BTW, some other notable people were independently also working for regime change in Venezuela. Someone you may have heard of. Same program, actually getting results, but no recognition. The deep state/establishment reach is long, all the way to Norway.
Looks like the Nobel committee has accepted that “someone” will accomplish regime change in Venezuela soon and they are putting their finger on the scale for who the next dictator of that country should be. “Democracy” doesn’t mean the same thing to leftists as it does to the rest of us.
LOL.. Oh, you’re serious. The perfesser perfesses to know about democracy, yet is a supporter of the pro-fascist, anti-democracy Big Donnie! Donnie and his Boss, Russell, will shed more of the Deep State today!!
The MAGAt party just bought Dominion Voting Systems! Which plutocrat financed it? Donnie? Elon? Bezos? Zuck?
Russell (gottfried feder) Vought is the chief economic organizer of this reich. Stephen (goebbels) Miller is the Minister of Propaganda and Torture.
Buckle up, America!
So Rimjob how does losing feel?
No copy/paste answer please.
Try to think for yourself if that’s possible.
Losing America, that Shining City on the Hill, to fascist forces, is a loss for the entire world. Just ask them.
The United States of America was never perfect, but we always aspired to be better. As a people, a republic, a democracy, we learned from and attempted to correct our mistakes – always with the value of each person in mind.
America HAS been invaded, but not by foreigners, but rather by the “enemies from within”, fascists, racists, white supremacists, christian nationalists led by superwealthy Americans aligned with Donald Trump’s kakistocacy.
The only barriers to the invasion are 1) the people and 2) the courts inferior to the Supreme Court. These are flimsy barriers.