At his inauguration, President Donald Trump proclaimed that he would seek to be a peacetime president, and reiterated that peace would be an important part of how he wants his legacy to be remembered. In that same speech, and in the weeks since then, he has repeatedly threatened countries like Canada, Panama and Denmark with annexation or military invasion.
Trump also recently approved of Israel’s violation of the ceasefire in Gaza, and experts warn he is prolonging the Russia-Ukraine war by weakening Ukraine’s position and strengthening that of Russia’s. Against this criticism, Trump says that his goal in Ukraine is peace, and that his administration continues to work towards a ceasefire.
Watch the above video as Straight Arrow News contributor David Pakman highlights some of Trump’s pro-peace rhetoric and contrasts that against what he suggests are his decisively pro-war actions. Pakman asserts that Americans must hold Trump accountable to his own professed goal of peace.
The following is an excerpt from the above video:
Trump also did not end the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Now, you and I know he was never going to end it on day one, but we need to hold Trump accountable for what he promised. He said, “the day I become president elect, within 24 hours, it’ll be over.” Didn’t happen. He said that, “when I get sworn in, within 24 hours, it will be over.” It didn’t happen. More recently, they’re talking about, we’re going to need 100 days, and even that is seeming shaky after Donald Trump had a call with Putin, threw Zelenskyy under the bus, floated a peace plan that sounds a lot like carving up Ukraine to appease Russia. And meanwhile, Russian forces continue their assault.
And in addition to this, Trump has talked about, do we take Greenland one way or the other? Do we go into Mexico? If we have to [sic] we try to annex Canada or the Panama Canal? And so consider how Trump sold himself, the guy who would bring the troops home, stop the endless wars, make America a neutral player in global conflicts, and instead, what we’re seeing under his leadership is mass bombings again in Gaza, escalating war in Yemen and Ukraine, Russia, conflict that doesn’t look like it’s going to end anytime soon. It’s not peace, it’s not chaos, it’s failure.