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DEAL U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko sign a deal that gives the United States preferential access to Ukraine’s mineral resources.


Trump soon slapped sanctions on Russia’s key


energy producers and urged European officials to follow suit. He did so despite concerns the move would put upward pressure on gas prices. Trump also delivered a more pointed message


to Putin, ordering the Pentagon to share U.S. intel- ligence that would enable Ukraine to strike deep into the Russian homeland, pummeling the en- ergy infrastructure that Russia relies upon. Once again, Trump’s laser focus on pursuing


U.S. interests had put America squarely back in the driver’s seat. “We are thankful to [President Trump] for this


sanctions package,” Zelenskyy told Newsmax in November. “We’ll see how it will work. I think this is a very strong package . . . we understand the influence of these sanctions, and they are much more deeper than we can understand . . . and they will make difficulties for Russia.” Amid the chaos at the end of the Biden era —


SHIFT President Donald Trump shifted the power balance back to the U.S. at a contentious Oval Ofice meeting in February with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr


Zelenskyy. Up until then, the U.S. had supported Ukraine without question, but Trump flipped the script back toward American interests.


marked by ongoing wars, supply chain disrup- tions, and economic instability — few expected the wave of changes — and the speed — that Trump’s return to the White House would bring. After regaining office in January 2025, Trump


swiftly started reshaping the world’s most unsta- ble hot spots through the force of his bold person- ality, dealmaking skills, and an unconventional, social media-driven diplomatic style that often turns negotiations into viral moments. By any objective measure, Trump has lived up


to his self-anointed “peacemaker-in-chief” title, playing a role in ending at least eight brutal con- flicts since his inauguration. Among his major diplomatic victories are: Negotiating a fragile yet essential ceasefire in


the two-year Israel-Hamas conflict, including hos- tage exchanges that could help promote long-term stability in the Middle East.


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president’s tactic of “calculated chaos,” which


displayed the


stems from an unprecedented mix of “savvy, instinct,


and strong conviction.”


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