In today’s precarious global economic landscape, President Donald Trump has dismantled a critical threat from terrorists: the danger that military actions might trigger worldwide economic collapse through overreactions by economists and policymakers.
Within our tightly interwoven economies, groups such as Iran have long threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz — arguing that even minor reductions in economic growth could precipitate severe political consequences across international alliances.
Now, a leader has courageously defied this threat, proving it to be empty. By standing up, Trump effectively told a hesitant world: “Bring it on and make my day!”
More than any tactical advantage from challenging Iran’s bluff, Trump achieved the decisive outcome that Iran can no longer threaten global economic suicide.
Just as Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) restrained nuclear conflict during the Cold War, mutual assured economic destruction has long been a shadow over our economies. But now it is gone.
Trump discovered the method to overcome this threat: early precision strikes ensured enemy calculations would be rational and their leaders would be neutralized.
Recalling that no nation in the Cold War would risk global annihilation, Trump demonstrated that no one would choose economic self-destruction on such a massive scale.
It took a leader like Trump — with no personal stake or oil assets at risk in the Strait of Hormuz — to take this gamble.
The process was complex and tense, but Trump has successfully navigated us through it — in excellent condition.
As Michelangelo and Tolstoy never completed their masterpieces, the diplomatic works of foreign policy leaders like Donald Trump may also remain unfinished. The Gaza peace initiative is ongoing, and we anxiously await whether the Strait of Hormuz will stay open.
We have now turned a corner, and the process of peace has begun.
The world owes Donald Trump a great debt.
