“Trump is ready for a deal…”
It’s perhaps the phrase we’ve heard most often recently regarding the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Iran.
“Trump is good, but his team is bad…”
With the start of Trump’s second term, a narrative has been circulated across global media portraying a “good” Trump surrounded by a “bad” inner circle. Trump was the one resisting pressure from Zionists, the Pentagon, the US deep state, and the arms lobby, and at his core, a sincere advocate of peace. So, a kind of global illusion about Trump and his policies was successfully achieved.
The MAGA people around Trump (many of whom were in fact sidelined by Trump himself over time), his public rebuke of Zelenskyy at the White House, and the fluctuating relationship between Trump and Netanyahu have been presented as the main evidence supporting the “good Trump” discourse.
Some even went further, claiming that Trump wanted to withdraw from Europe and West Asia altogether and focus solely on the continent of America.
Trump the war machine
But the realities we have witnessed, and are still witnessing, have steadily stripped away the veneer of Trump as a “peace advocate”:
1. Trump abducted Venezuela’s elected President Nicolás Maduro.
2. He gave full backing to Israel’s genocide in Palestine.
3. The Ukraine government, which continues to receive the Trump administration’s “tacit support”, has intensified its attacks on Russia.
4. Trump went to war against Iran twice alongside Israel and is preparing for a third.
5. The Trump administration continues to pressure the Lebanese government to eliminate Hezbollah.
6. “Believed” to be “withdrawing from West Asia”, Trump’s Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack’s statements and moves show the continuation of Washington’s Greater Middle East Project across Türkiye, Syria, and Iraq.
7. The Trump administration continues its strategy of encircling Russia and Iran through the Caucasus and Central Asia.
8. Trump’s US interferes in elections in Colombia and Peru.
9. Trump’s US military build-up against China continues.
10. And Trump’s US is preparing to strike Cuba.
The US strikes on the negotiation table
The US strikes the country it is negotiating with, yet the discourse that “Trump is ready to make a deal” keeps going.
The US during Trump’s presidency:
1. Struck Hamas while sitting at the negotiation table.
2. Struck Iran while sitting at the negotiation table.
3. Struck Hezbollah while at the negotiation table.
4. Struck Russia while sitting at the negotiation table.
5. Maduro was abducted while sitting at the negotiation table.
It’s now clear that “Trump is ready for a deal” a tactic used to weaken the will and confuse the opposing forces.
History shows, especially in the case of the US and other imperialist powers, that they understand only the language of power.
Today, for forces that seek to defend their national interests against the US and that advocate for a multipolar world, there is no alternative but to move beyond the illusion of “Trump is ready for a deal” and instead take concrete and open steps to build strong alliances against the US and its proxies.
What will truly force Trump to become “ready for a deal” is the intensification of strong blows against US influence in Eurasia and West Asia, and the expansion and deepening of coordinated action through alliances.
Otherwise, “ready for a deal Trump” will continue striking cities, children, and humanity as a whole, in the countries he defines as enemies.
“Permanent” peace in Iran and Ukraine?
Before concluding this writing, I would like to add one final observation regarding claims of a possible agreement between Iran and the US.
Today, the Iranian and Russian fronts are increasingly converging into a single front. A retreat by Russia would also mean a retreat by Iran, and vice versa.
Therefore, a “final” agreement between Iran and the US would only become possible if a “lasting” peace is first established between Russia and the US over Ukraine. At the same time, a “permanent” peace between Russia and the US would depend on a “permanent” peace between Iran and the US.
Ultimately, the key to any permanent peace lies in the “permanent” defeat of the US and Israel, along with their regional proxies.
