Trump praises a “huge success” by achieving world peace through strength

Speaking with journalists at the oval office after a meeting marking a commercial peace agreement in the United States in Africa, President Donald Trump presented the progress of his administration in the conclusion of peace agreements around the world, which, according to him, was possible because world leaders “again respect our country”.

“We were not a country that was respected. A year ago, we had an incompetent president. We had bad people around this office, this beautiful office resolved,” said Trump. “They had, I guess, bad intentions. They were, you couldn’t be so stupid, I mean, they had bad intentions, but the world respects our country again.”

Commenting on a freshly negotiated African peace, which will end a conflict of several decades between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, Trump said that it was “a huge breakthrough”.

“In a few months, we have now reached peace between India and Pakistan, Israel and Iran and the DRC and Rwanda and, a few others, Serbia (and Kosovo),” he said.

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President Donald Trump speaks to journalists from the Oval office on January 30, 2025. (SOMODEVILLA / GETTY Images)

He also called his “very successful” NATO trip, saying that we, Allies, is committed to spending more than 1 dollars billion for the defense.

“We had a huge success,” said the president.

Trump also mentioned successful strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites and the ceasefire that followed between Israel and Iran.

“We had war, as you know, we call it the” War of the Days of 12 “, it was exactly a 12-day war. And we found ourselves without nuclear weapons. This is what we wanted. And they were absolutely blown to these three sites and there are no nuclear weapons. And I hope there can be a lot of healing. And healing begins,” he said.

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On the subject of healing in the Middle East, Trump also predicted that there will be a cease-fire in Gaza some time “in next week”.

He called the situation in “terrible” Gaza but expressed his optimism that there could soon be a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.

“I think it’s close. I just talked with some of the people involved,” said the president, adding: “We think that in next week, we are going to get a cease-fire.”

Trump also discussed the current humanitarian crisis in Gaza, saying: “We provide, as you know, a lot of money and a lot of food in this area because we must, I mean, you have to. In theory, we are not involved, but we are involved because people die.”

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A view of a street in the Gaza Strip as seen from an Israeli military vehicle on June 8, 2025. (Reuters / Ronen Zvulun)

He called on other countries to also send humanitarian aid to Gaza.

“We are working on Gaza, trying to have it taken care of and again, you know, a lot of food has been sent there. And other countries around the world should also help,” he said.

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In addition to being respected by the American allies, Trump said that his administration had improved relations with countries like Russia, North Korea, China and Iran.

“Vladimir Putin made very good statements today,” he said. “Look, he respected our country again. He did not respect it a year ago. I can tell you at the moment, but Putin respects our country and, President XI of China respects our country. And Kim Jong a respect. They respect our country again.”

In response to a question to find out if he can allow American missiles Patriot for the air defenses of Ukraine, Trump simply replied: “I can”.