{"id":2407804,"date":"2025-02-28T08:03:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T13:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-flood-tide-of-diplomacy-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T08:05:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T13:05:35","slug":"trumps-flood-tide-of-diplomacy-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-flood-tide-of-diplomacy-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s flood tide of diplomacy &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-flood-tide-of-diplomacy-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2407804&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article titled &#8220;Trump\u2019s Flood Tide of Diplomacy&#8221; discusses\u200d President Donald\u2064 Trump&#8217;s approach to diplomacy, particularly regarding the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. It highlights the seemingly\u2063 chaotic and deterministic nature of Trump&#8217;s rhetoric and actions, which \u200cfrequently enough appear aggressive or\u200d contentious. For instance, Trump has controversially referred\u200c to\u200b Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a \u201cdictator\u201d and has made a contentious decision to side with Russia against a \u2062UN \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-hong-kong-messages-destroyed-vandalized-at-cornell-university\/\" title=\"Pro-Hong Kong Messages Destroyed, Vandalized At Cornell University\">resolution condemning<\/a> \u2063its invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>However, beneath the surface of this\u200b tumultuous rhetoric, the article argues that \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">significant diplomatic progress<\/a> is being made. The \u2064Trump administration is purportedly\u200d working toward a peace agreement between the U.S. and Ukraine, \u2064which aims to establish a &#8220;lasting peace&#8221; and facilitate \u200bsubstantial American investments\u200b in Ukraine&#8217;s reconstruction. This deal seeks to create a Reconstruction Investment Fund that would empower Ukraine to rebuild by reinvesting in its economy from its natural resource sales.<\/p>\n<p>Although critics point \u200bout that the \u2062agreement lacks explicit American security\u2064 guarantees, the article suggests that the financial commitments could provide security by embedding American commercial interests in Ukraine, which may deter further Russian aggression. the piece presents Trump\u2019s\u200d diplomatic actions\u200d as \u200ba calculated move towards self-interest \u200cthat could \u200dalso \u200dcreate benefits for Ukraine.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump&rsquo;s flood tide of diplomacy<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2021786\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> moves like an ocean. It is often violently stormy on the surface, so tempestuous that it is dangerous to get anywhere near it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>But that apparent and sometimes real danger does not determine whether the tide is coming in or going out &mdash; ebbing toward failure or flooding toward success.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a>&rsquo;s progress in negotiating a peace deal to end the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia-ukraine-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Russia-Ukraine war <\/a>demonstrates this vividly.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s rhetoric has been blood-curdling. He called Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> a &ldquo;dictator&rdquo; and accused him of starting the war when the blame lies entirely with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Russia<\/a>&rsquo;s imperial aggression against its neighbor&rsquo;s sovereign territory.<\/p>\n<p>Nor is it only the president&rsquo;s rhetoric that is sometimes chilling and shameful. His actions can also turn the stomach. It was repellent to watch as the United States sided at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-nations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">United Nations<\/a> with Russia and voted against a General Assembly resolution condemning Moscow on the third anniversary of its invasion.<\/p>\n<p>But what was happening while this thunder and lightning drew all attention? Beneath the surface, the Trumpian tide was flowing fast and forcefully toward a U.S.-Ukraine agreement that could be a huge commercial and security success for both countries.<\/p>\n<p>The deal, which still needs some details worked out but gives much reason for hope, explicitly states America&rsquo;s interest in a &ldquo;lasting peace&rdquo; and &ldquo;durable partnership&rdquo; that allows massive U.S. investment in &ldquo;a free, sovereign, and secure Ukraine.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Under the deal, with Zelensky at a Washington signing ceremony, the two nations will establish a Reconstruction Investment Fund in which Ukraine will invest half of all its earnings from sales of natural resources such as oil and strategic minerals, and the money will be used to rebuild the country and attract further foreign investment.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. business stands to reap hundreds of billions of dollars, recouping the costs of American aid and more. It is an example of Trump&rsquo;s oft-criticized determined and methodical squeezing of maximum benefit out of every deal. But is that wrong if, into the bargain, Ukraine secures an end to the war, an injection of hundreds of billions of dollars, and turbo-charged foreign investment?<\/p>\n<p>From Washington, it looks a lot like U.S. diplomacy guided by enlightened self-interest. This was once normal until apology and self-deprecation became the guiding spirits of America&rsquo;s approach to the world under former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/3331402\/oval-office-smackdown-for-british-pm-keir-starmer\/\"><strong>OVAL OFFICE SMACKDOWN FOR BRITISH PM KEIR STARMER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is pointed out that the U.S.-Ukraine deal contains no American security guarantees. But the minerals deal, as it is being called, is itself a huge security reassurance. If Russia is faced not just by a trip-wire NATO peacekeeping force, primarily from Britain and France, but also by entrenched American commercial interests, heavy industry, and personnel, the combination would amount to a major disincentive to renew its aggression.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, speaking in the Oval Office on Feb. 27, said he thought that if a peace deal could be achieved, it would stick. He didn&rsquo;t think Russia would invade again, he explained, because &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think anybody is going to play around if we are there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2021786\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2021786\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s diplomacy resembles a turbulent ocean, seemingly perilous yet not dictating success or failure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3224,"featured_media":2407805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2188205488.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3817,50462,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2407804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-diplomacy","tag-foreign-policy-2","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2188205488.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2407804"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2407808,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407804\/revisions\/2407808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2407805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2407804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2407804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2407804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}