President Donald Trump believes that ending global conflicts will make both himself and America richer, but experts argue his approach is flawed and unlikely to succeed. Trump’s willingness to exert pressure on world leaders was on full display last week in the Oval Office, where he showed a harsh stance against those who defy his orders.
On Thursday, he escalated his rhetoric, issuing a stern warning to Hamas over hostages held in Gaza. “If this doesn’t happen, Trump said: ‘It is over for you.’” Despite longstanding U.S. policy prohibiting direct engagement with Hamas—designated a terrorist organization by Washington in 1997—the White House revealed that Trump is preparing to hold talks with the group.
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This marks a significant shift in U.S. diplomacy. Taking to Truth Social, Trump doubled down on his demand: “Release all of the hostages now, not later, and immediately return all of the dead bodies of the people you murdered, or it is OVER for you. Only sick and twisted people keep bodies, and you are sick and twisted!”
Reports indicate that Hamas still holds 24 hostages along with the remains of at least 35 others. Defense and security expert Professor Anthony Glees has described Trump’s strategy as a “bullying tactic,” suggesting that his sudden interest in global peace is not driven by humanitarian motives but by an effort to shape the world into what he calls a “money-making golden autocracy.”
“I continue to believe that Trump is an angry old man in a desperate hurry to impose peace on everyone and force on a fractious globe his vision of a money-making golden autocracy, free to buy and sell and spend as little as possible on U.S. security or helping people live out their lives in peace and free from disease and hunger,” Glees stated, to reported The Mirror.
Critics point to Trump’s widely mocked proposal to transform Gaza into the “Riviera of the Middle East,” which failed to account for where its war-stricken residents would live after being displaced. However, Glees does acknowledge one potential positive trait in Trump’s approach: “he is not a warmonger.”
“When he was a young man, America resonated to the peaceniks’ call of ‘make love – not war.’ Now, 60 years later, Trump’s total focus is on ‘make money – not war,’ and he’ll use all the threats in the mafia playbook to get his way.”
While Trump sees his actions as a way to create a better world while also enriching himself, Glees argues that his approach is dangerously misguided. “He’s sowing the winds of chaos, and America will reap the whirlwinds of his impetuous threats and readiness to get others to use violence to impose his will on all of us,” Glees warned.
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Trump’s confrontational tactics may be a calculated strategy, but experts caution that they may not yield the results he expects—especially when dealing with leaders who refuse to be intimidated, such as Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un, and Hamas.
“It shows a bizarre disregard for reality. Bullying can only get you so far. That’s because there are people who won’t be bullied: those like Putin or Kim Jong-un who want both money and war, and people like Hamas, angels of death who are only interested in terrorism and war and couldn’t care less about making money,” Glees concluded.
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