If you’re my age, you’ve seen the Fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Soviet Union, the end of Apartheid and the dawn of the internet age. But I’ll bet you never thought you’d see the day when a host of Middle Eastern countries feted an American president for bringing the beginnings of peace to the region.
Much less Time magazine publishing a glowing cover story on Donald Trump.
Yet, here it is. His Triumph: The deal may become a signature achievement of Trump’s second term, and it could mark a strategic turning point for the Middle East.
The living Israeli hostages held in Gaza have been freed under the first phase of Donald Trump's peace plan, alongside a Palestinian prisoner release. The deal may become a signature achievement of Trump's second term, and it could mark a strategic turning point for the Middle… pic.twitter.com/0bZDABIDGj
— TIME (@TIME) October 13, 2025
This, from the same magazine that openly bragged about the “The Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election” from Trump.
Meanwhile, Muslim Middle Eastern leaders are lining up to fete the leader of the once ‘Great Satan’.
US President Donald Trump hailed a “tremendous day for the Middle East” as he and regional leaders signed a declaration meant to cement a ceasefire in Gaza, hours after Israel and Hamas exchanged hostages and prisoners.
Trump made a lightning visit to Israel, where he lauded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an address to parliament, before flying to Egypt for a Gaza summit where he and the leaders of Egypt, Qatar and Turkey signed the declaration on Monday as guarantors to the Gaza deal.
“This is a tremendous day for the world, it’s a tremendous day for the Middle East,” Trump said as more than two dozen world leaders sat down to talk in the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
Certainly, the deal is in its earliest stages and the peace is as fragile as a transgender leftist’s ego, but the sheer enormousness of what is taking place shouldn’t be underestimated.
He later declared that the assembled leaders had “achieved what everybody said was impossible”.
“At long last, we have peace in the Middle East,” Trump said in a speech.
According to the document, the signatories pledged to “pursue a comprehensive vision of peace, security and shared prosperity in the region”, and also welcomed “the progress achieved in establishing comprehensive and durable peace arrangements in the Gaza Strip”.
That said, there’s still a lot of work to do.
Among the potential sticking points are Hamas’s refusal to disarm and Israel’s failure to pledge full withdrawal from the devastated territory.
The US leader, however, repeatedly signalled he was confident the ceasefire will hold, saying at a joint appearance with Sisi in Sharm el-Sheikh that talks on the next steps of the plan had already “started, as far as we’re concerned”.
“We have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to put the old feuds and bitter hatreds behind us,” Trump said, and he urged leaders “to declare that our future will not be ruled by the fights of generations past.”
Trump received a hero’s welcome in Israel, with a standing ovation in the Knesset, and chants of ‘Thank you, Trump!’ ringing from the 65,000 strong crowd in Hostage Square, Tel Aviv. Some in the crowd held up placards with the president’s face.
Trump talked with some of [the hostages’] families at the Knesset.
“Your name will be remembered to generations,” a woman told him.
Israeli lawmakers chanted Trump’s name and gave him standing ovation after standing ovation. Some people in the audience wore red hats that resembled his “Make America Great Again” caps, although these versions said “Trump, The Peace President ” […]
“You’ve won,” he told Israeli lawmakers. “Now it is time to translate these victories against terrorists on the battlefield into the ultimate prize of peace and prosperity for the entire Middle East.”
Trump promised to help rebuild Gaza, and he urged Palestinians to “turn forever from the path of terror and violence.”
Even Pakistan is jumping on the Trump Train.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday announced that he intends to nominate President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in securing a ceasefire and hostage agreement between Hamas and Israel.
It will be Pakistan’s second time putting up Trump for the prize. In June, Pakistan nominated Trump for his role in securing a ceasefire agreement between Islamabad and neighboring India.
“Pakistan had nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his outstanding, extraordinary contributions to first stop the war between India and Pakistan and then achieve a ceasefire, along with his very wonderful team,” Sharif said in Egypt, speaking next to Trump.
“And today, again, I would like to nominate this great president for the Nobel Peace Prize because I genuinely feel that he is the most genuine and most wonderful candidate for the Peace Prize because he has brought not only peace in South Asia, saving millions of people and their lives,” he added. “And today, here in Sharm el-Sheikh, achieving peace in Gaza is saving millions of lives in the Middle East.”
Truly extraordinary times to live in.
