Trump’s feverish week for peace peace hints to what he really wants

“There are contracts where nothing happens; and there are weeks in which contracts occur.” He said this said the Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Elich Lenin. The diplomatic storm that surrounded US President Donald Trump this week indicates that ancient Bolsheviks may be on something.

For the protector president, who is always promising to put America in the first place, in recent days he was busy standing on the world stage.

He and his team made commercial deals in the Gulf. Lifting sanctions on Syria; I negotiated the launch of an American citizen kept by Hamas; Military strikes ended the Houthi fighters in Yemen; Cut American definitions on China; Ukraine ordered talks with Russia in Türkiye; Continuing calm negotiations with Iran on a nuclear deal; Even calling for a brokerage responsibility for a ceasefire between India and Pakistan …

This pace was breathless, leaving allies and coordinators as struggling to catch up with the American diplomatic vehicle from the case to the case.

“Just, Wow!” Note one ambassador in London. “It is almost impossible to stay at the top of everything that happens.”

so what He is It is happening? What did we learn in this feverish week about the foreign policy of the American president? Is there something close to Trump’s doctrine – or is this just a forum of global events?

Perhaps a good place to start is the president’s visit to the Gulf, where he started – with the word and work – his vision of a world of states on the basis of trade, not war. In a speech in Riyadh, Trump said he wanted to “trade, not chaos” in the Middle East, a “technology, not terrorism” area.

He had a possibility of a branded brand, as countries dealt with their business on their mutual interest, a world in which profit could achieve peace.

While he had the end of his Saudi hosts and the skill of senior visiting personalities, the president – with his perceived pen – signed a $ 600 billion in investment in the United States.

This was Trump in all his pills. Clap and reward with immediate victories that can be sold at home well for American jobs.

Some diplomats questioned the value of the different notes of understanding. But the exhibition, they said, was more important than the material.

It was absent from Trump’s discourse that was any mention of a possible group action by the United States and other countries; There is no talk about multilateral cooperation against the threat of climate change, and no concerns about the challenges facing democratic human rights or in the region. This was almost completely a speech without referring to ideology or values ​​except for rejecting its importance.

Instead, he used his speech to Saudi leaders to make the clearest argument so far against the Western intervention of the past, as he attacked what he called “the so -called nation building and new graphics” in order to “give you lectures on how to live or how to rule your own affairs.”

He said to applaud his Arab fans, he said that “Western intervention specialists” have “destroyed more countries than they were built,” adding: “Many American presidents have been injured by the idea that our mission is to consider the lives of foreign leaders and our use of the United States policy to distribute justice for their bans.

“I think it is the function of God sitting in power. My job is to defend America.”

This intervention hesitant was offered in recent days when it comes to fighting between India and Pakistan. In the past, the United States has often played a major role in seeking to end military confrontations in the Indian subcontinent. But the White House Trump was initially cautious about participating.

Vice President JD Vance Fox News told the fighting “none of our actions mainly … we cannot control these countries.”

In the end, he and Foreign Minister Marco Rubio made calls, which led to pressure on both the nuclear forces to cancel the escalation. And so did other countries.

When the ceasefire was agreed, Trump claimed that American diplomacy was mediated in the deal. But this was categorically rejected by Indian diplomats who insisted that it was a bilateral truce.

Trump’s centralization of US foreign policy has become clear this week. This is more than a simple axiom. In the show, the lack of the involvement of other parts of the United States government, which traditionally helps to form decisions in the United States abroad.

The exceptional decision of the new Syrian and former president, Ahmed Al -Shara, was taken, and the lifting of sanctions on Syria. This showed a possible advantage of external policy in the hands of one man: it was a decisive and bold step. It is clear that the personal decision of the president, after the severe pressure by Türkiye and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Some diplomats have seen it as Quid Pro Quo for the Diplomacy and Investment that Trump received in Riyadh. The decision was not surprised by the decision in the region, but also surprised many in the US government.

The diplomats said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was hesitant to lift the sanctions, as they wanted to maintain some influence over the new Syrian government, for fear that it was not doing enough to protect minorities and treat foreign fighters.

Diplomats say this pattern of impulsive decisions without a broader internal government discussion in the White House. They say the result is not always positive.

This is partly due to Trump’s lack of consistency (or simply, changing his opinion).

The decision this week made a deal with China to reduce the definitions of trade with the United States. A few weeks ago, Trump imposed a 145 % tariff on Beijing, with thirsty blood warnings against revenge. The Chinese took revenge, the markets fell, American companies warned of severe consequences.

So in Geneva, US officials climbed and most customs duties against China decreased to 30 %, supposed to increase the United States’ arrival in Chinese markets. This is followed by a familiar pattern now: issuing maximum demands, worse threat, negotiation, climbing and declaring victory.

The problem is that the strategy of “the art of the deal” may work on easily reflected decisions such as customs tariffs. It is difficult to apply it to a long -term diplomatic puzzle like war.

Take Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On this, Trump’s policy was liquid, to place it moderately. This week was an example.

Last Saturday, the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Poland and Germany visited KYIV to provide support to Ukraine President Voludmir Zelinsky. In a collective call with Trump on the phone of French President Emmanuel Macron, they clarified their strategy of Russia’s demand to agree to a 30 -day ceasefire or face strict sanctions.

This was Trump’s policy as well. On the day before its books on social media: “If the ceasefire is not respected, the United States and its partners will impose other sanctions.” But after that on Sunday, President Vladimir Putin suggested instead that there were direct talks between Ukraine and Russia in Türkiye on Thursday. Trump immediately went with this, the retreat of the strategy he agreed with with European leaders a day ago.

“Ukraine must agree to (these talks) immediately,” he wrote on social media. “I started doubting that Ukraine would make a deal with Putin.”

Then on Thursday, Trump changed his position again, saying that a deal can only be done if he and Putin are gathering personally.

These puzzles are some diplomats. “Doesn’t he really know what he wants to do about war in Ukraine?” Note to me. Or does he realize what may provide the fastest possible accuracy? “

In this confusing mixture, two other decisions have fallen this week. First, Trump agreed to the ceasefire after the campaign to bomb the Houthi fighters in Yemen for about two months. There were questions about the effectiveness of expensive air strikes, and the president’s appetite for a long military operation. Tell his host Arab hosts how much war hated.

Secondly, Trump’s envoy, Steve Whitchov, held his fourth tour of Iran on efforts to reduce their nuclear ambitions. Both sides suggest that the deal is possible, although the skeptics are afraid that this is completely modest. It seems that talking about US -Israeli military action against Iran has been dissipated.

What unites both issues is that the United States was acting directly against Israel’s desires. Benjamin Netanyahu may have been the first global leader invited to the Oval Office after Trump’s inauguration, but in recent days, he seems to have been ignored. Trump toured the Middle East without visiting Israel. Lifting sanctions on Syria without supporting Israel. The Houthi ceasefire came just days after the group was attacked by Tel Aviv Airport.

Diplomats fear Netanyahu’s reaction. Can the Prime Minister who was refused to respond with a more aggressive military operation in Gaza?

So after this week of a diplomatic diplomat, how much has changed? Maybe less than it may appear.

Despite every Trump tour across the Middle East, the combat and humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues without a solution. The fresh Israeli attack appears imminent. One of Trump’s goals is still the normalization of relations between Israel and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – far away.

Despite all talks about ending the war in Ukraine, there is no greater possibility of silence. It seems that Putin’s ambitions have not changed. All all deals to reduce customs tariffs, whether with the United Kingdom or China, are still instability in the huge global market.

We have a clearer idea about Trump’s global ideology, which is not isolated but commercial, hoping that capitalism will overcome the conflict. We also have a clearer idea about his calf, and his desire to remove his diplomatic floors – in the Middle East, Ukraine and the semi -continent – so that he can focus on his primary interest, which is China.

But this may prove a long -standing ambition. If there are weeks when contracts occur, there are also weeks when nothing happens.

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