Trump’s peace through strength defeated Hamas

OPINION:

No one could overlook the symbolism of the Trump press conference with world leaders in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, this week for the Gaza peace summit. Our president stood center stage and greeted the succession of leaders who approached one by one, hands extended, to congratulate him on finalizing the Gaza peace deal.

President Trump’s pathway to peace through strength doesn’t just contrast the beaten dog approach favored by Canada’s Mark Carney, Britain’s Keir Starmer and France’s Emmanuel Macron; it humiliates them for it. This trio of clowns nearly derailed the peace negotiations by dramatically declaring their intent to reward Hamas by recognizing a “Palestinian” statehood in the middle of talks, before all the hostages were returned. Their despicable weakness was reflected at the summit by their roles as wallflowers and seat fillers, relegated to the back and far sides during the momentous “family photo.”

The left promised that Mr. Trump would involve us in an assortment of world wars, domestic terrorist attacks and overseas gaffes. Indeed, only the left nearly fulfilled all those prophecies. The change this week is a refreshing course correction from a Biden foreign policy that existed to brownnose Iran, offend the Saudis, abandon Israel and clean up after Hunter Biden’s hookers-and-blow parties while hiding the numerous and corrupt Biden family deals that included Burisma, diamond mines in Congo and diamond gifts from the Chinese Communist Party. Former President Joseph R. Biden, to his credit, at least had someone draft and post a short and classy statement acknowledging the peace deal and the Trump team’s hard work. Former President Barack Obama carefully Grok’d a Kamala Harris-level word salad that avoided mentioning POTUS altogether and was chastised for it by CNN, of all things.

Make no mistake: Mr. Trump deserves this victory.

This week’s historic win was secured during Mr. Trump’s May visit to the Middle East. During his speech at an investment conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, he announced that with a new regime in place, he was ending sanctions against Syria that had been in place since 1979. His words were met with wild applause from the attendees, including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who led the room in a standing ovation. Mr. Trump’s three-day, trademark New York City boardroom charm offensive worked. A month later, Syria’s new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, withdrew from Iran and closed Syrian airspace to all Iranian flights, effectively shuttering Iran’s supply corridor for Hamas and Hezbollah.

Israel and the United States followed by conducting a series of airstrikes, Israel targeting Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps infrastructure and weapons facilities, and the U.S. striking nuclear facilities. Mr. Trump and the Israelis played good cop/bad cop with Qatar. After Israel struck Doha in September, Mr. Trump rebuked our ally and assured the Qataris that such an action wouldn’t happen a second time.

When the dust settled, Iran’s influence was buried, our ally was defended, and the West was quelling concerns, normalizing relations with the Abraham Accords and leading the charge for peace.

Egypt bestowed Mr. Trump with its highest honor, the Collar of the Nile, for “his pivotal role in ending the war in Gaza,” per Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi. For his efforts, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif nominated Mr. Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize a second time (the first time was in June for his role in the India-Pakistan ceasefire).

Not bad for a guy the left relentlessly labeled “Hitler” and called a “Nazi.”

• Dana Loesch is the host of the No. 1 nationally syndicated weekday talk program, “Dana Show,” a bestselling author and a Second Amendment advocate. She lives in Dallas.