{"id":20491,"date":"2025-04-19T08:13:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T08:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/?p=20491"},"modified":"2025-04-19T08:13:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T08:13:04","slug":"trump-foreign-policy-6-issues-he-got-right-and-the-experts-were-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/19\/trump-foreign-policy-6-issues-he-got-right-and-the-experts-were-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump foreign policy: 6 issues he got right and the experts were wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\" data-v-1ce406e3=\"\">\n<div class=\"contain\" data-v-1ce406e3=\"\">\n<div class=\"control\" data-v-1ce406e3=\"\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"top\" data-v-1ce406e3=\"\"><\/a> <a href=\"#\" class=\"close\" data-v-1ce406e3=\"\">close<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"video-container\" data-v-1ce406e3=\"\">\n<div data-video-tags=\"primary_politics,on_air,on_air|faulkner_focus,politics,politics|trump_transition,us|terror\" data-video-title=\"K.T. McFarland slams Biden for white supremacy comments: 'What a hypocrite'\" data-video-id=\"6366741852112\" data-video-domain=\"foxnews\" data-video-type=\"CLIP\" data-widget-type=\"embed\" class=\"m video-player\" data-v-1ce406e3=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6366741852112\" data-v-1ce406e3=\"\"><picture data-v-1ce406e3=\"\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/b90b54b2-5e5a-4770-bc02-6c9358081797\/6d03b46b-7fad-42d9-a381-94997d948769\/1280x720\/match\/288\/162\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/b90b54b2-5e5a-4770-bc02-6c9358081797\/6d03b46b-7fad-42d9-a381-94997d948769\/1280x720\/match\/576\/324\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-v-1ce406e3=\"\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/b90b54b2-5e5a-4770-bc02-6c9358081797\/6d03b46b-7fad-42d9-a381-94997d948769\/1280x720\/match\/672\/378\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/b90b54b2-5e5a-4770-bc02-6c9358081797\/6d03b46b-7fad-42d9-a381-94997d948769\/1280x720\/match\/1344\/756\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" data-v-1ce406e3=\"\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/b90b54b2-5e5a-4770-bc02-6c9358081797\/6d03b46b-7fad-42d9-a381-94997d948769\/1280x720\/match\/676\/380\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/b90b54b2-5e5a-4770-bc02-6c9358081797\/6d03b46b-7fad-42d9-a381-94997d948769\/1280x720\/match\/1352\/760\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" data-v-1ce406e3=\"\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/b90b54b2-5e5a-4770-bc02-6c9358081797\/6d03b46b-7fad-42d9-a381-94997d948769\/1280x720\/match\/896\/500\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/b90b54b2-5e5a-4770-bc02-6c9358081797\/6d03b46b-7fad-42d9-a381-94997d948769\/1280x720\/match\/1792\/1000\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" data-v-1ce406e3=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/b90b54b2-5e5a-4770-bc02-6c9358081797\/6d03b46b-7fad-42d9-a381-94997d948769\/1280x720\/match\/896\/500\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"K.T. McFarland slams Biden for white supremacy comments: 'What a hypocrite'\" width=\"896\" height=\"500\" data-v-1ce406e3=\"\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture> <span class=\"overlay\" data-v-1ce406e3=\"\">Video<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-1ce406e3=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-1ce406e3=\"\">\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-1ce406e3=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6366741852112\" data-v-1ce406e3=\"\">K.T. McFarland slams Biden for white supremacy comments: &#8216;What a hypocrite&#8217;<\/a><\/h4>\n<p data-v-1ce406e3=\"\">Former Trump Deputy National Security Adviser KT McFarland joins &#8216;The Faulkner Focus&#8217; to discuss Biden condemning White supremacy despite recent ISIS-inspired terror attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<div class=\"article-gating gated-overlay\">\n<div class=\"article-gating-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"article-gating-title\">Join Fox News for access to this content<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-gating-subtitle\">Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account &#8211; free of charge.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-gating-legal tablet-desktop\">By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/terms-of-use\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Use<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy<\/a>, which includes our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/privacy-policy#fi\" target=\"_blank\">Notice of Financial Incentive<\/a>.\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"message error hide\"><span>Please enter a valid email address.<\/span><\/div>\n<form class=\"article-gating-form\"><input placeholder=\"Enter your email\" name=\"gate-email\" type=\"email\" disabled required=\"required\" class=\"article-gating-input\"> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gating-legal mobile\">By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/terms-of-use\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Use<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy<\/a>, which includes our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/privacy-policy#fi\" target=\"_blank\">Notice of Financial Incentive<\/a>.\n      <\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" name=\"gate-email-submit\" value=\"Continue\" class=\"input-submit hide\"><\/form>\n<footer class=\"article-gating-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.foxnews.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/23074352680475-Are-you-encountering-any-technical-challenges-while-trying-to-log-into-Fox-News-to-access-special-content\" class=\"article-gating-help\">Having trouble? Click here.<\/a><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">As a fellow New Yorker, I had paid attention to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> for years, long before he got involved in politics. \u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb2\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban1\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban1\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">When he ventured a comment about foreign policy, people scoffed at him. What did Trump know! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/national-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National security<\/a> was the exclusive domain of the experts, not real estate developers or reality TV stars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But looking back, Trump was right about all the major foreign policy issues. It was the credentialed elites who got things wrong!\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/343\/192\/donald-trump-74574.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/686\/384\/donald-trump-74574.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/672\/378\/donald-trump-74574.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1344\/756\/donald-trump-74574.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/931\/523\/donald-trump-74574.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1862\/1046\/donald-trump-74574.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/720\/405\/donald-trump-74574.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1440\/810\/donald-trump-74574.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1200\/675\/donald-trump-74574.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Former President Trump holds a campaign rally at the PPG Paints Arena on Nov. 4, 2024, in Pittsburgh.<\/span> <span>(Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" id=\"desktop-desk-ad-lb2\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here are Trump\u2019s top six:<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban2\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban2\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/victor-davis-hanson-our-long-national-biden-nightmare-almost-over-trump-invictus-now-liberated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>OUR LONG NATIONAL BIDEN NIGHTMARE IS ALMOST OVER. TRUMP INVICTUS IS NOW LIBERATED<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>China<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb3\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For decades, the consensus opinion was if the U.S. assisted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/new-report-warns-of-growing-national-security-threat-to-u-s-as-china-builds-ai-significant-and-concerning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China\u2019s economic growth<\/a>, it would become a friendly trading partner, and play by the rules \u2013 just like Japan, South Korea and the European nations. Trump disagreed. Experts laughed when he claimed China had ripped us off for decades. &#8220;China raided our factories, offshored our jobs, gutted our industries, stole our intellectual property, and violated their commitments under the World Trade Agreement.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As recently as 2019, Joe Biden scoffed at the idea that China could overtake the U.S. as a world leader, telling a crowd in Iowa City, &#8220;China is going to eat our lunch? Come on, man.&#8221;\u00a0The experts were wrong, Trump was right.<\/p>\n<div caption=\"Clearview Energy Partners' Kevin Book unpacks President-elect Donald Trump's energy plans on 'Special Report.'\" originalimageurl=\"https:\/\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/619d0f7c-37eb-4da5-b1c5-6fd44e7c770f\/9a066cd6-a908-4522-896f-e2ba5364d0a0\/1280x720\/match\/image.jpg\" class=\"embed-media fn-video\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-video-tags=\"primary_politics,on_air|special_report,personality|bret_baier,politics|trump_transition,politics|person|donald_trump,us|economy|energy\" data-video-title=\" How dramatic will Trump's energy changes be?\" data-video-id=\"6366560846112\" data-video-domain=\"foxnews\" data-video-type=\"CLIP\" data-widget-type=\"embed\" class=\"m video-player\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6366560846112\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/619d0f7c-37eb-4da5-b1c5-6fd44e7c770f\/9a066cd6-a908-4522-896f-e2ba5364d0a0\/1280x720\/match\/720\/405\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\" How dramatic will Trump's energy changes be?\"> <span class=\"overlay\">Video<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>American Energy Dominance\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban3\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban3\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Well before he ran for president in 2015, Trump realized recent advances in oil and gas production would be a strategic game changer for the U.S. and the world. When President Barack Obama left office, oil was at $120\/barrel and experts warned the world was running out of oil. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/trump-can-power-us-future-muscular-nuclear-energy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP CAN POWER THE US INTO THE FUTURE WITH A MUSCULAR NUCLEAR ENERGY POLICY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb4\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trump\u2019s embrace of the U.S. energy industry increased American production and pushed oil down to $40\/barrel. Not only did it spur extraordinary American economic growth, it also devastated the economies of Russia and Iran, because they needed oil prices above $90\/barrel to fund their governments. When their energy export revenues fell by nearly two-thirds in the Trump years, Russia and Iran were forced to tighten their belts; they couldn\u2019t afford costly wars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" id=\"desktop-desk-ad-lb3\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban4\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban4\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Biden reversed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/trump-energy-plan-avoid-europes-energy-disaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump\u2019s energy policies<\/a>, and oil prices predictably rose back up to $100 per barrel. Iran used these windfall profits to fund its nuclear program and arm its proxies to attack Israel. Russia used its new-found wealth to attack Ukraine. There is a reason Russia invaded Ukraine during the Obama and Biden presidencies, but not during Trump\u2019s. In the Trump years, they didn\u2019t have the money to pay for expensive wars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div caption=\"Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reacts to speculation that a weak Iran could open the door to new nuclear talks and how the second Trump administration can hold Iran accountable.\" originalimageurl=\"https:\/\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/4ae88051-1679-4b44-8280-d406a63c3e84\/7709dbe3-9076-4813-b810-b7cae41d204c\/1280x720\/match\/image.jpg\" class=\"embed-media fn-video\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-video-tags=\"on_air,on_air|americas_newsroom,personality,personality|aisah_hasnie,primary_world\" data-video-title=\"Weaker Iran could open door to new nuclear talks under Trump: 'New sheriff in town,' says Pompeo\" data-video-id=\"6366455719112\" data-video-domain=\"foxnews\" data-video-type=\"CLIP\" data-widget-type=\"embed\" class=\"m video-player\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6366455719112\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/4ae88051-1679-4b44-8280-d406a63c3e84\/7709dbe3-9076-4813-b810-b7cae41d204c\/1280x720\/match\/720\/405\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Weaker Iran could open door to new nuclear talks under Trump: 'New sheriff in town,' says Pompeo\"> <span class=\"overlay\">Video<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>Iraq and Afghanistan Wars<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Democrats and Republicans supported the Afghan and Iraq wars for 20 years. Trump disagreed. As early as 2003, he called the Iraq war &#8220;a mess.&#8221; Turns out he was right. We shed American blood and spent trillions on two unwinnable, forever wars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/mike-pompeo-threat-from-radical-islam-now-inside-our-gates-biden-ignored-it-trump-must-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>THE THREAT FROM RADICAL ISLAM IS NOW INSIDE OUR GATES. BIDEN IGNORED IT. TRUMP MUST ACT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb5\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb5\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban5\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban5\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trump pulled out of Obama\u2019s flawed Iran nuclear deal, because it made Iran rich and didn\u2019t stop its nuclear weapons program. He ordered the assassination of Gen. Qassam Soleimani, commander of Iran\u2019s Quds Forces. Instead of fruitless endless negotiations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/trumps-next-move-on-the-elections-biggest-loser\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump set out to bankrupt Iran<\/a> with his energy policy and oil sanctions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By the time Trump left office Iran was nearly bankrupt, and its proxy armies weakened. \u00a0But President Biden threw Iran a lifeline. He reversed course on American energy production, paid Iran billions and refused to enforce sanctions. Iran used this $100 billion windfall to fund Hamas and Hezbollah in renewed proxy wars against Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div caption=\"Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, discusses the first anniversary of Hamas' assault against Israel on 'Fox &#038; Friends Weekend.'\" originalimageurl=\"https:\/\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/e5a2c7e2-e1dd-4931-b7ed-57b08fac3dfc\/f721f5d1-b7d0-4418-96aa-002eec8e7f0b\/1280x720\/match\/image.jpg\" class=\"embed-media fn-video\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-video-tags=\"on_air,on_air|fox_friends_weekend,personality,personality|pete_hegseth,primary_politics,politics,politics|defense,politics|defense|wars,politics|foreign_policy,politics|foreign_policy|geopolitics,politics|foreign_policy|middle_east,world|conflicts|iran,world|conflicts,politics|defense|conflicts,politics|foreign_policy|nuclear_proliferation\" data-video-title=\"Trump's 'Abraham Accords' gave stability to the Middle East: Sen. Joni Ernst\" data-video-id=\"6362906764112\" data-video-domain=\"foxnews\" data-video-type=\"CLIP\" data-widget-type=\"embed\" class=\"m video-player\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6362906764112\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/e5a2c7e2-e1dd-4931-b7ed-57b08fac3dfc\/f721f5d1-b7d0-4418-96aa-002eec8e7f0b\/1280x720\/match\/720\/405\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Trump's 'Abraham Accords' gave stability to the Middle East: Sen. Joni Ernst\"> <span class=\"overlay\">Video<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>Abraham Accords<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For decades, American leaders said we had to settle the Palestinian problem as the first step to a wider Arab-Israel peace. But time and again, the Palestinians refused to negotiate seriously, so peace proved elusive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban6\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban6\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" id=\"desktop-desk-ad-lb4\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb6\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb6\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trump took the opposite approach, and focused on Arab-Israeli peace as the first step. His energy policies lowered global oil prices. Arab leaders realized they could no longer count on oil export revenues alone to fund their government. They needed to diversify their economies, which required peace with Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump also recognized that the younger generation of Arab leaders, schooled in the West and comfortable with more open societies, would be amenable to dramatic social change and to developing economic ties with Israel. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/three-years-abraham-accords-biden-iran-deal-threatens-unravel-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abraham Accords<\/a> were the first peace agreements between Israel and the Sunni Gulf states \u2013 ever. Trump succeeded where all the experts had failed for decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div caption=\"Fox News contributor Michael Pillsbury reacts to President-elect Donald Trump eyeing control of Canada, Panama Canal and Greenland on 'Fox &#038; Friends.'\u00a0\" originalimageurl=\"https:\/\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/2f5e2406-fa65-485c-9249-ae5c8f1dc7ce\/25418fc7-28e6-4bf6-b8d2-d4d9fe3c23c8\/1280x720\/match\/image.jpg\" class=\"embed-media fn-video\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-video-tags=\"primary_politics,on_air,on_air|fox_friends,politics|trump_transition,politics|person|donald_trump,politics|executive_branch|national_security\" data-video-title=\"'Stroke of Genius': Breaking down Trump's security concerns for Greenland and the Panama Canal\" data-video-id=\"6366972008112\" data-video-domain=\"foxnews\" data-video-type=\"CLIP\" data-widget-type=\"embed\" class=\"m video-player\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6366972008112\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/2f5e2406-fa65-485c-9249-ae5c8f1dc7ce\/25418fc7-28e6-4bf6-b8d2-d4d9fe3c23c8\/1280x720\/match\/720\/405\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"'Stroke of Genius': Breaking down Trump's security concerns for Greenland and the Panama Canal\"> <span class=\"overlay\">Video<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>NATO<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban7\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban7\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>American presidents going back to John F. Kennedy complained that our NATO allies were not paying their fair share for our common defense. Obama called them &#8220;freeloaders.&#8221; Our allies always made excuses, claiming they couldn\u2019t afford to pay the 2% of GNP they had promised, and relied on America to foot the bill for their defense.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"cultivate-embed\" data-question-id=\"750\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb7\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb7\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trump hectored, scolded and threatened them until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/jim-risch-nato-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our NATO allies<\/a> finally increased their defense spending. Turns out they DID have the money after all. \u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban8\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban8\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For years, Washington bureaucrats, politicians and experts have been wrong about the major foreign policy problems confronting the nation. It took an outsider who saw things from a different perspective. Instead of endless rounds of fruitless diplomacy and an open checkbook, Trump used a combination of trade, economics and common sense to reestablish American security. And his second term will be even better.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/person\/m\/k-t-mcfarland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM KT McFARLAND<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>K.T. McFarland was President Trump\u2019s Deputy National Security Advisor. 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