Trump deals mean a quick pace with a few problems over risks

On Wednesday, a number of diplomatic episodes around the world, Trump’s attitude towards foreign policy was full, playing real -time through messages on his social account.

For its supporters, it was the “art of the transaction” in action, using each negotiation tool and tactics at his disposal.

For critics, this was another day of disruption for its own sake – with a slight obvious concern of risks or potential consequences.

Wednesday has begun with news that the United States is directly negotiating with Hamas leaders for the release of American hostages still in Gaza. Contact with a group appointed by a foreign terrorist organization since 1997 is a dramatic shift from decades of US policy.

Biden’s administration relied on intermediaries during attempts to stop the war. And Trump previously condemned Hamas for committing “atrocities against humanity” during the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, calling his members “vicious and violent”.

But for Trump, it seems that the old game book did not work-and he was ready to risk, looking hypocritical, bypassing the Israel’s ally and sat with a designated terrorist group to promote his goals.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Office of Israel, replied with a brief statement stating only that he “expressed his position” at the negotiations.

By the end of the day, after meeting in the oval office with some previously released American hostages Trump Again emerged heat On the group. He came to the truth of the social to call it “sick and twisted” and to make a “last warning” that if the members did not release all hostages, they will “pay to pay”.

“I send Israel all I need to finish work,” he wrote, “no member of Hamas will be safe if you don’t do it as I say. “

Laura Balumefeld, former senior Israeli-Palestinian advisor to the US State Department, said the BBC that Trump’s message to Hamas was an ultimatum.

“However, the transaction with these Ultimatums is that you should deliver,” she said, “and we saw last month when Trump said that you had a high noon on Saturday, take hostages, otherwise, there was no other.

“And Hamas called them. They said President Trump, your threats make no sense.”

Earlier, the press secretary Caroline Levita put the dramatic changes in the context of Trump’s greater foreign policy, telling reporters that “dialogue and conversations with people around the world” is part of its “good faith to do what is right for the American people.”

The White House uses a similar logic with the recent efforts of Trump to thaw US relations with Moscow, including sending high -level administration officials to Saudi Arabia to meet directly with the Russian delegation.

This dramatic diplomat was accompanied by the sharp criticism of Ukraine and its president Valodimir Zelensky, which ended with a hot meeting on Friday in an oval office. This week there was a report that the US had suspended weapons, and another on Wednesday stated that exploration exploration with the war destroyed the nation.

Trump’s actions have left European allies in America, which have been knocked down – and the consequences cannot be fully evaluated yet. But his efforts to use Ukraine’s pressure point – Maintenance of assistance and information – It seems that the result has given.

On Tuesday, Zelensky sent Trump a reconciliation letter that offered a limited ceasefire, and the United States and Ukrainian officials resumed talks on Wednesday over the mineral transaction to offset America for the cost of help.

If Trump’s goal is to encourage Ukraine and Russia to enter into peace talks, he effectively brought Zelensky on the heel, even if it remains unclear what concessions he asks Russian President Vladimir Putin to make during these negotiations.

Sometimes, even with Trump, the pressure points go the other way.

A month ago, he announced the sweeping of new tariffs on Canada and Mexico, only departing from them at the last moment. This week it allowed to take effect 25% – at least a day.

After two days of sharp decline in the US stock market, the White House seemed Cars imported from Canada and Mexico.

US car manufacturers have warned that the new tariffs could devastate the industry, which will close the plants in a few weeks.

Trump talked to Canada Prime Minister Justin Truda on Wednesday and suggested his own reading – through the Truty Social – that he said he was a “somewhat friendly” call, even when he accused the governor in Canada to use a trading problem.

While Zelensky quickly retreated under the pressure of the White House, and the talks on Hamas only start, Labor and Canadians, for their part, are arranged for a longer fight.

This week, which overcomes the convention, it can shake things, but it is far from clear whether they will win what it wants.

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