Trump promised to make the world safer

When Donald Trump swore a promise for the second time in January, he made a promise. “My proud heritage will be a peacekeeper and unifier,” he told his audience at home and far beyond.

Then, just over a hundred days, during his first foreign round – who drove him to three wealthy Arab states – he boasted that he was doing this vow well. “I will tell you that the world is much safer now,” he said in connection with Ukraine. “I think in two -three weeks we can have a much safer place.”

But how much progress does the “best peacekeeper in the world” is really pursued? Trump turns the world into a safer or more dangerous place?

A lot of corners to answer.

It is difficult to ignore reality on earth, perhaps in the two most famous conflicts in the world.

President Trump boasts that he is the only one who can agree with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin – but Now Russia knocks Ukraine with the largest drones and missiles From his full -scale invasion in 2022.

And he repeatedly called for the ceasefire in Gaza, but this week, the Red Cross Hospital said they receive the most weapon patients because they created their clinic more than a year ago.

On other fronts, however, there is a few light light in the dark.

Nuclear negotiations between the US and Iran are being pushed by the US president, which insists that he wants to achieve a good deal and avoid a bad destructive war.

It is expected that the next round of these negotiations, mediated by Aman, will take place on Sunday, although there are intense assumptions that Israel can prepare their military strikes through Iran.

Syria has more likely to fight dangerous internal tensions, as well as deep poverty, after last month, President Trump suddenly announced that the punishment of sanctions in the country would be lifted on the call of his Saudi ally.

“This is the worst time and the best of times,” David Harland, executive director of the Humanitarian Dialogue Center told me. “Now there are more wars in the world than when -no, but more conflicts on the negotiating table, and some are moving forward.”

In Trump’s statement, it is true that only it can lead some players to talk about peace. He is the only world leader who Putin and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, among others, know what they need to listen – or more.

“You can argue, they are afraid of it,” said CT Macfarland, a former deputy advice on Trump’s national security, who will join the BBC World Service discussion on whether the president will make the world safer or more dangerous on Friday.

His motto “Peace through force” relies on his belief that his power, bold threats and direct telephone calls may end the wars. He even said he could finish the wars for the day – but obviously not.

Trump, however, pushed Russian and Ukrainian officials back to the negotiating table, but there were no progress outside the important swaps. President Putin shows no sign that he is ready to end this difficult war.

Trump’s threats “Hell Pay” ultimatum in Hamas, as well as pressure on Israel, helped to conclude a ceasefire agreement in January, even before he swore on January 20. But the truce described by Trump as “epic” collapsed in March.

“He does not like to enter into details,” one Arab diplomat told me, emphasizing the president’s superiority to quick light transactions in very complex conflicts.

“We all want transactions, but we know that deals do not work or do not continue if they are not peaceful transactions, unlike transactions after the war,” said Martin Griffiths, a former UN Secretary-General, who is now the Executive Director of the Mediation Group International.

Trump, proud to be the main violator of the world, also dissolved the skills of experienced career diplomats. “They can know rivers, mountains, terrain, but they don’t know how to make a deal,” he said.

Instead, its advantage is to use the manufacturers of its own world, most of its buddies and former real estate lawyer and investor Steve Witco, who juggles all the winding and complex files to Ukraine, gas, Iran and more.

President Trump makes America a big cross go beyond individual transactions. He conducted a gross hinge through the world order, which created the basis of global stability and security after World War II.

Its repeated threats to seize control over Panama Cancer, buy Greenland and turn Canada into the 51st US staff – and were scared – the capitals around the world.

Its steep tariffs, imposed on both the ally and the enemy, unleashed taxes and fears about the debilitating global trade war, as well as the age -old international alliance.

But he also appreciated others, including NATO’s military alliance – whose own chief now enhances Washington’s order so that members increase significantly for their own military expenses.

The US president also picked up a ceasefire loan that was conducted between India and Pakistan after the days of cross -border strokes between neighbors last month. The belated intervention in the US had a big difference, but many other players are located.

His business-oriented approach to “America of the first” also meant that other conflicts, including the terrible murder fields in Sudan, are not loud on their own radar.

But the warring parties in many regions are now taking care of it, having their richness of minerals and investment potential as negotiations. For example, the President proposed by the President on the safety and mineration in the destroyed Congo war aroused the choir that this does not resolve the root cause of the conflict.

“If you could use the mineral transaction for the end of the decades of the war, then there are countries that would already fix it,” said the President of the International COMFORT ERO.

Reduction of his administration to UN assistance agencies, and his dismantling the USAid Agency for USAID has also deepened the suffering of displaced and marginalized people in many regions and increases tensions.

And only a few months later, his second presidency, the disappointment of Trump with unwavering subjects made him give threats to “take a pass” and move away from conflicts as Ukraine.

“The transactions are forever,” Martin Griffiths, a former UN General, told me. “You have to start and you have to stay.”

BBC World Service discussion – Does Donald Trump in the world safer or more dangerous?

The BBC World Service discusses the fast -changing international landscape during Trump’s presidency. A group of guests joins the main international correspondent league to discuss whether the new international order of the world will be safer place.

You can watch the BBC news discussions at 21: 00bst on Friday 13th June And it will be transferred on the BBC News site. On Saturday, June 14, it will be released on the BBC Radio 5Live and World Service radio.