Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume nailed it when he told viewers there is “real hope” as President Trump pushes to broker peace in the Middle East. The clip on Special Report captured what many Americans feel: after decades of failed diplomacy, a dealmaker who understands leverage and national interest is back at the table.
Mr. Trump has been relentless in pressing the region’s leaders to convert commerce and strength into stability, openly urging Saudi Arabia to join the Abraham Accords during his high-profile Gulf visit in May. That trip was not theater — it produced concrete business and security agreements and put normalization back on the agenda where career diplomats left it to languish.
The results of that approach are already showing: the October Sharm el-Sheikh summit, co-chaired by President Trump and Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, brought more than 20 nations together to back a ceasefire and a reconstruction plan for Gaza. This isn’t hollow photo-op diplomacy; world leaders signed a framework to end the fighting and move toward rebuilding — the sort of practical, enforceable outcomes Americans want from foreign policy.
On the tougher questions, Trump has kept the pressure on adversaries while cutting deals with partners — the U.S.-brokered pause in broader hostilities, including a June ceasefire between Iran and Israel, shows that strength plus diplomacy can produce results. No one should be surprised that a posture of American resolve, backed by real consequences, opens negotiating space where weakness only invites war.
Even international reporters are now acknowledging what conservatives always argued: the Abraham Accords were a breakthrough and they can expand if the United States leads with clarity and strength. President Trump has said he expects the Accords to widen, and that expectation isn’t wishful thinking — it’s the natural follow-through of bold, unapologetic American diplomacy that treats allies with respect and adversaries with distance.
Patriots should welcome this moment. After years of hollow speeches and moralizing by those who never understood the leverage of deals, we finally have leadership willing to secure American interests, protect Israel, and pursue peace on terms that preserve sovereignty and deter terror. Stand behind a foreign policy that actually works — peace through strength, dealmaking that brings results, and a president who delivers for the American people.
