The Americans have chosen Donald J. Trump to lead the United States as their 47th president, who, by the way, is a convicted felon. This marks the beginning of his second stint as the U.S. President. Trump is known for his populist ideology and is said to be the second right-wing populist leader to be elected as president after Andrew Jackson, who was the 7th U.S. President.
Coming back to the main idea here, it is important to recall that during his electoral campaigns, Trump boasted of his pacifist approach to world events, particularly Israel’s genocidal war in Palestinian territories. In order to gain leverage against his opponent Kamala Harris and appeal to the masses, he promoted anti-war sentiments and announced that, should he become president, his foremost policy would be to end the war in Gaza. Consequently, the Americans voted for him, considering him a better option as opposed to Harris, since she unequivocally defended Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. Trump was also seen taking credit for the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
From a Pacifist Front to the Hawkish Reality
It was quite well expected of Trump to resume the policies and stances he had left behind after the completion of his first presidential tenure from 2016 to 2020. However, the only diverging approach in his foreign policy this time around is his more aggressive and hawkish stance on Middle Eastern dynamics.
It is important to recall that during his previous government, Trump was somewhat more involved in engaging in dialogue to settle long-standing disputes, as he withdrew the U.S. military to mark an end to the twenty-year-long American war in Afghanistan. The United States also played the role of a mediator in the Abraham Accords, a series of bilateral agreements signed between Israel, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates. Hence, during his first presidential term, Trump backed the idea of a two-state solution.
Nevertheless, since President Trump assumed office in January 2025, he has proved to be far more aggressive than in the past, but that aggressiveness is more ridiculous in nature than realistic. It is quite astonishing yet absurd that the largest economy and superpower in the international system is being led by imperialist, war-mongering, and imprudent leaders one after another, whose cynicism and inferiority complex, combined with a colonial mindset, make them think that they are the fate-makers of any nation in the world.
Zionism Leads the Way for Trump
His announcement about Gaza in early February shook the world in disbelief, inviting ridicule, especially from the Arab nations. First, it is essential to know the context of this development. Israel’s Prime Minister, Netanyahu, is the first foreign leader to visit the U.S. during Trump’s newly started term as president. This was quite expected—why wouldn’t the Israeli PM be the first to meet the new leader of his government’s biggest ally?
Let us remember that since the founding of the Zionist state of Israel in 1948, the United States has provided military aid amounting to $158 billion, making Israel the greatest recipient in history. Former U.S. President Joe Biden made sure that the U.S. stood firm behind Israel as soon as the latter launched the second and most violent phase of genocide in Palestine after October 7, 2023. In the year 2024 alone, Israel received $24 billion in military aid to carry out the inhumane onslaught against the armless civilians of the Gaza Strip.
During his meeting with PM Netanyahu, President Trump reaffirmed the United States’ policy with respect to Israel and the wider Middle East. He held a press conference with his Israeli ally and announced the U.S. plan to rebuild Gaza by “owning” or, in other words, occupying the land. He has even charted out the future for the remaining 1.8 million war-stricken and displaced Gazans, as he believes they should be sent to the bordering states of either Egypt or Jordan, or both.
As if this entire saga were not ridiculous and delusional enough, Trump further stated that Gaza would be turned into a hub for employment opportunities for everyone around the world, as the destroyed land would be transformed into the “Mediterranean Riviera,” a duplicate of the real estate project Riviera Isles in Florida.
Let us sum it up to make clear the hypocrisy of the self-proclaimed flag bearer of human rights: U.S. President Donald Trump has mapped out a transformative plan for Gaza, according to which the U.S. would usurp the Gaza Strip from Gazans, who would be forcefully displaced to other countries. Their land would then be turned into a tourist and job destination where everyone from all over the world would be allowed and invited—except Palestinians.
Such an audacious and comical real estate project even astonished Netanyahu, who hesitated in endorsing this new real estate agenda of his American counterpart because even he is aware of the regional and global implications resulting from such a covert and impractical initiative.
To conclude, it is an established fact that Israel’s Zionist ideology rules over the policymakers, security establishment, and executive leadership of the United States. This latest meeting between Trump and Netanyahu, and the announcement of such an unrealistic plan by the former, is another tactic to further appease the Zionists and reaffirm America’s backing of Israel to support the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their own land.
Really well-written and insightful! The breakdown of Trump’s stance is spot-on, bold, critical, and backed by solid points. Enjoyed reading this!