Donald Trump Uses Economic Leverage to Broker Global Ceasefires

Donald Trump has implemented a mercantile approach to foreign policy, utilizing American economic and military leverage to broker ceasefires in several global border disputes. These agreements cover conflicts between Rwanda and the Congo, Armenia and Azerbaijan, India and Pakistan, Kosovo and Serbia, Cambodia and Thailand, and Egypt and Ethiopia.

In Europe, the president pursued a peace plan for Ukraine that involves the creation of a commercial corridor acting as a demilitarized zone. He has also utilized U.S. bombers to delay the development of nuclear capabilities in Iran. These strategic actions emphasize the mutual economic and financial interests of belligerents over traditional internationalist rhetoric.

During the 80th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, the president contrasted his results with the perceived impotence of the United Nations, which he characterized as failing to stop major wars and becoming toxically anti-Western. Domestically, Trump has secured the U.S. border, presenting it as a model for Europe to address its own immigration challenges.