Apparently, there is no end to Donald Trump's global ambitions nor his ability to turn his hopes and dreams into reality. Entering his second term locked and loaded, he removed the most dire threat to the civilized world by obliterating Iran’s nuclear program, coerced NATO countries to finally pay the piper for their own defense, and brokered agreements between numerous long-time enemies. Trump forced a deal to release every hostage held by Hamas, ended the war between Israel and Iran, established a globally inclusive Board of Peace to rebuild Gaza, took down the ringleader of the narco-terrorist regime in Venezuela, and has now established a framework for American sovereignty in Greenland.
And let’s not forget the move that is arguably the most significant for the economy of the homeland: attracting a reported $18 trillion dollars – that’s an 18 followed by 12 zeros – in fresh investments across the US, with economic growth already soaring to levels few could have possibly anticipated. You can hardly count up the victories without a scorecard.
Donald Trump Overshadows the World
President Trump has become nothing less than the master of America’s destiny, dominating the world stage as no American president since Ronald Reagan in the 1980’s. Proof positive of his towering presence around the globe came most recently at the anachronistic World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Global elitists who had been attacking the American president over his plans for Greenland were swiftly brought to heel, highlighting the president’s masterful employment of tariffs as leverage, a classic carrot-and-stick exercise applied to friends and foes alike, almost always producing the desired results. The administration’s 2025 National Security Strategy lays it all out: “We will no longer tolerate, and can no longer afford, free-riding, trade imbalances, predatory economic practices, and other impositions on our nation’s historic goodwill that disadvantage our interests.”
Through it all, the 47th president has exploited his bully pulpit to the maximum degree, intent on finishing the job he started in 2017 of transforming the country from the long-standing globalist “rules-based international order” to America First. The weakness and failure of Joe Biden, together with a fresh perspective gathered over his four years away from the White House and his convincing victory in the 2024 election, have provided the platform for Trump to act with astonishing boldness to reverse America’s decline. While the president deserves the credit for shaking up the world, the stars certainly aligned to provide him the opportunity to do so.
Nevertheless, did anyone foresee the decimation of Iran’s nuclear ambitions? How about the breathtaking capture of Nicolás Maduro? Did we expect this president to succeed in coaxing so many long-time enemies to the bargaining table and engineering agreements that had been on nobody’s dance card, likely including Trump’s? Indeed, Trump has quietly brokered deals or ceasefires between Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, Pakistan and India, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Armenia and Azerbaijan. While the likelihood of a deal to end Russia’s unprovoked war on Ukraine should rightly be viewed with great skepticism given Vladimir Putin’s intransigence, the continuation of that conflict will not be due to a lack of effort by the American president.
Hemispheric-Level Change
Meanwhile, Trump’s reassertion of the 200-year-old Monroe Doctrine has already changed the face of the Western Hemisphere. The linchpin of instability in our own backyard, Venezuela, is no longer a threat, assuming the so-far smooth transition from a Marxist dictatorship to democracy continues apace. The seemingly endless flow of lethal drugs has been severely diminished with the shuttering of the southern border together with a naval blockade of Venezuela and the seizure of dozens of drug-running vessels on the high seas. The “Donroe Doctrine,” asserting American supremacy in the Western Hemisphere, is the new standard for international conduct, with Trump able to assert American power with impunity after having long since proven that his threats against our enemies are anything but empty.
