Trump, President of Peace

By Kevin McCullough

t’s almost too perfect. For years, the political class mocked Donald J. Trump as a wrecking ball in foreign affairs—too brash, too blunt, too reckless to ever bring peace to a world stage. Yet here we are: the war in Ukraine, one of the deadliest conflicts in modern Europe, may actually be brought to a conclusion not by endless U.N. chatter or NATO bureaucrats, but by Trump himself.

And the cherry on top? None other than Hillary Rodham Clinton, his eternal political foil, felt compelled last week to snidely quip that she’d nominate Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize if he somehow ended the war without Ukraine losing territory. Let’s be crystal clear: she didn’t say it out of respect, admiration, or genuine belief. She said it because she thought it was impossible. She said it in the same spirit as every late-night comedian who’s spent a decade misjudging him. But here’s the problem for Hillary—Trump has a track record of pulling off the “impossible.”

Think about it. He stared down North Korea when no one else would and brought Kim Jong-un to the negotiating table. He brokered the historic Abraham Accords, normalizing relations between Israel and Arab states after decades of stalemate. He began winding down our “forever wars,” refusing to accept the blood-for-sand bargain that D.C.’s war machine thrives on. And at home, in just one week of his federal crime crackdown in Washington, D.C., the capital of the free world went from an unsafe urban jungle to a city that once again felt secure for its people.

Trump deals in results. His critics deal in rhetoric. And Hillary’s mocking offer to nominate him for a Nobel Prize—if this summit succeeds—will now force her hand. If Trump actually pulls this off, if peace comes to Ukraine without surrender, she will have to eat her words publicly. She may have meant it as a laugh line, but history may hold her to it.

This week’s White House gathering of seven European leaders alongside Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not just another photo-op. It’s the most serious attempt yet at a negotiated peace since Russia’s invasion began in February 2022. Trump has made it plain: peace can be achieved “almost immediately” if Zelenskyy chooses it. That’s not an empty boast. That’s Trump’s instinct for leverage speaking out loud. He knows how to force parties to the table. He knows when to push, when to hold, and when to let the other side sweat.

Of course, the Biden administration never got close to this. Endless aid packages, empty speeches, and weakness on the world stage only prolonged the bloodshed. Biden signaled weakness in Afghanistan, and Putin took note. The result? A war that has consumed hundreds of thousands of lives.

Trump, on the other hand, has always believed in strength as a path to peace. It’s the Reagan doctrine come back to life. Peace through strength is not a slogan for him—it’s an operating system. And whether the elites like it or not, it works.

European leaders will posture, Zelenskyy will insist on guarantees, and the media will wring their hands over “process.” But at the end of the day, they all know what’s true: Trump is the only figure on the global stage with both the will and the credibility to bring Moscow and Kyiv to the same table. He commands respect—even from adversaries. Putin wouldn’t have dared move an inch on Trump’s watch.
And now, in the aftermath of Biden’s failures, it is Trump who may finally bring this nightmare to an end.

And if that happens, Hillary Clinton’s snide little jab will backfire spectacularly. She will be forced to acknowledge, even if through gritted teeth, that the man she loathes most accomplished what her beloved global institutions never could. Her “offer” will become a noose of her own making. If she refuses to keep it, it exposes her as a fraud. If she keeps it, it legitimizes Trump as the Nobel-worthy peacemaker she never believed he could be.

This is the paradox that drives the Left insane: every time Trump delivers on what they mocked, they’re left scrambling. From the economy to the border, from crime in D.C. to peace in the Middle East, the script is the same. They sneer, they jeer, they predict disaster—and Trump produces results.

So yes, call him what he is: President of Peace. He’s already earned the title through the Abraham Accords, through staring down North Korea, through ending America’s endless wars, and now by restoring safety in the nation’s capital. If he now brokers an end to the Russia-Ukraine bloodbath, even Hillary Clinton’s mocking words will become an ironic testament to his legacy.

Trump has always believed America should lead, not follow. This week in Washington, with Zelenskyy and seven European leaders at his side, he may prove again that the world is safest when America has a president who leads with clarity, resolve, and strength.

And when that happens, the Nobel Committee in Oslo won’t be able to ignore it—no matter how badly Hillary wishes she could.