For years the Middle East has been a graveyard of failed diplomacy and empty promises, but this week President Donald Trump delivered something concrete: a first-phase agreement that brings a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hamas and puts the long, bloody cycle on a path toward real resolution. Washington finally saw leadership that used leverage, not lecturing, to get results—exactly what our allies and our soldiers deserve.
The human consequences are undeniable and immediate: living hostages are being freed and prisoner exchanges are moving forward as part of the deal, a development that should silence every naysayer who claimed peace talks were impossible. Families who have suffered beyond imagining are getting real answers because tough negotiating, not moralizing, forced concessions.
Conservative elder statesman Newt Gingrich put it plainly on The Ingraham Angle—historians will be studying the “magic” President Trump brought to this deal for decades, and he’s right. It’s rare to see a leader combine audacity, personal diplomacy, and a willingness to use America’s strength to pry loose agreements that previous administrations could only dream about.
This isn’t happenstance. The summit in Sharm el-Sheikh and Trump’s address to foreign leaders and the Israeli Knesset signaled a new era of American-led security architecture in the region, with international actors finally lining up behind a practical plan for ceasefire, demilitarization, and reconstruction. That global buy-in underscores what we conservatives have always argued: strength wins friends and creates stability.
Of course the left will try to rewrite the record and claim credit, and the mainstream fact-checkers will squawk about phrasing and numbers, but none of that changes the reality on the ground: a concrete deal, guarded hostages returning, and a roadmap for keeping Hamas from ever doing this again. The critics who spent years apologizing for dictators and belittling American power have no answers when results are on the table.
Patriots should recognize what real leadership looks like and stand behind a president who delivered peace through strength rather than retreat. If conservatives want to preserve this hard-won moment, we must push for continued vigilance—ensuring guarantees are enforced, borders are secure, and Islamist terror is dismantled once and for all.
History will be the judge, and if Gingrich is right those fifty years of study will vindicate an America-first approach to foreign policy: unapologetic, pragmatic, and willing to use every instrument of national power to protect liberty and save lives. Patriots from Main Street to the Beltway should take pride that the United States once again stood tall and got the job done.
