The Case for Donald Trump, Part III

Don’t let anyone tell you “Trump’s a warmonger too”. Trump is, in fact, the closest thing to a “peacemaker” President the US has produced in over 40 years.

I am fed up with people trying to argue that “Trump is not a peacemaker”. Pundits ranging from Ben Norton and Vanessa Beeley (both of whom I admire) to Mehdi Hasan (whom I do not admire) are all jumping on the bandwagon to fight against what they call “Trumpwashing” — i.e., the movement to promote Trump as the least bellicose option in the 2024 election cycle.

Donald Trump was the first sitting US President to go to North Korea. [Source: Washington Post]

First, let us be clear

I am not saying that Trump is a peacenik, not by any means. His stance on Israel-Palestine, for example, is deplorable — just as every other mainstream politician in the United States.

There is no subject, no topic, no area of foreign policy that is more locked down, universal and air-tight as the unanimous and unquestioning support for Israel that permeates every nook and cranny of Washington, DC.

When it comes to the Middle East, Israel has control of US politics. This cannot be denied. A quick tally of all the Jewish Zionists in the highest echelons of the Biden cabinet will attest to this reality, as will the fact that AIPAC has…