NATO allies finally pay their share
President Trump got NATO allies to pledge 5% of their economies to defense by 2035, and in 2025 every ally with an army hit the old 2% goal.
Peace & Foreign Policy
Wars ended, Americans brought home, and allies paying their share.
17 wins
Every living hostage came home
President Trump's Gaza plan brought home all 20 hostages still alive in Hamas captivity on Oct. 13, 2025, after more than two years, and the main fighting stopped.
Midnight Hammer hits Iran's nuclear sites
In June 2025, seven B-2 bombers dropped 14 bunker-buster bombs on Iran's Fordow and Natanz nuclear sites, and two days later President Trump announced the ceasefire that ended the 12-Day War.
Iran's war machine, broken at the factory
Operation Epic Fury, launched Feb. 28, 2026, destroyed roughly 90% of the industry Iran uses to build missiles, drones and warships, CENTCOM says, though the Hormuz standoff continues.
Maduro captured and facing trial
On Jan. 3, 2026, U.S. special forces captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro in Caracas and flew him to New York, where he faces narco-terrorism charges and a trial set for June 2027.
More than 100 Americans brought home
Since January 2025, the administration has freed more than 100 Americans held hostage or detained abroad, including teacher Marc Fogel from Russia and 23 Americans from Kuwait.
An oil deal with Venezuela
The White House says a new deal gives the U.S. majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves.
Armenia and Azerbaijan agree to make peace
At an August 2025 White House summit, Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to end their decades-long conflict.
Peace accords for Congo and Rwanda
After a conflict that killed millions, President Trump brokered a peace agreement and the December 2025 Washington Accords between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda.
A ceasefire for Cambodia and Thailand
President Trump helped halt deadly border fighting between Cambodia and Thailand, capped by an October 2025 joint declaration in Kuala Lumpur.
India and Pakistan step back from the brink
A May 2025 ceasefire halted fighting between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan; the U.S. says it brokered the deal, though India disputes that.
Houthis agree to stop hitting U.S. ships
After U.S. strikes, the Houthis agreed in May 2025 to stop attacking American ships, and President Trump redesignated them a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
Out of Iraq after 23 years
U.S. forces completed their withdrawal from Iraq by Sept. 30, 2026, on a timeline agreed in 2024, closing out a military presence that began in 2003.
Terror leaders taken out
U.S. forces killed ISIS's second-ranking leader and an al-Qaeda affiliate commander in Syria, and President Trump ordered strikes on ISIS in Nigeria to protect Christian communities.
A permanent foothold in Greenland
The United States, Denmark and Greenland signed a security agreement on Sept. 22 that expands U.S. military access in the Arctic and screens foreign investment from outside NATO.
Kazakhstan joins the Abraham Accords
Kazakhstan announced it would join the Abraham Accords, the first expansion since 2020.
Panama walks away from Belt and Road
Under U.S. pressure, Panama withdrew from China's Belt and Road Initiative.