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Mitchell Plitnick
20 October 2025 09:18 BST

US President Donald Trump is boasting of having brought peace to the Middle East, a claim that is wildly exaggerated. But he has, at least for the moment, brought an end to Israel's genocide in Gaza.

Trump's willingness to use the tools of his office to pressure Israel into accepting his terms for a ceasefire - terms quite favourable to Israel but falling short of the ambitions of its far-right government - reflects poorly on his predecessor, Joe Biden, and his 2024 presidential challenger, Kamala Harris.

It also vindicates the anti-Trump critics within the Democratic Party who implored their leaders to take a forceful stand against Israel's genocide, warning they could lose the election if they refused.

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[–] wurzelgummidge@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 months ago

What ceasefire?

Biden demonstrated the Democrats' moral and political failure long before Trump snaked back onto the Whitehouse

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Biden and trump demonstated both parties moral bankrupcy