The Indispensable Man: President Trump Commands the World Stage

Guest Opinion by Perry O. Hooper Jr.

On Friday, history was made. President Donald J. Trump welcomed Vladimir Putin to American soil for the first time since the war in Ukraine began. The meeting took place in Alaska, a location chosen personally by President Trump for its symbolism and strategic value. By selecting Alaska, the President ensured that Putin would set foot on American soil but not in the political swamp of Washington. The world witnessed the red carpet reception and the American military flyover that marked Putin’s arrival. This was not business as usual. It was the clearest signal yet that Vladimir Putin had come to the United States on the terms set by President Trump Immediately after the meeting, while the mainstream media critics fumed on television, President Trump boarded Air Force One and placed a direct call to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He did not wait for NATO committees or a State Department bureaucracy to draft talking points. He did not hide behind endless diplomats or middlemen. Instead, President Trump took command of the process. Even Axios had to admit that he personally called Zelenskyy from Air Force One. Their attempt to paint the call as “tense” was nothing more than spin. What truly mattered was that both Putin and Zelenskyy were reacting to President Trump.

What did President Trump do next? While Washington was melting down and the media was staging its latest round of hysterics, he calmly spent the weekend playing golf. That is the Trump style. He does not panic. He does not act out for the cameras. He projects authority by carrying on with confidence, knowing full well that when the new week began, the world would move on his schedule.

And that is exactly what happened. By Monday morning, President Zelenskyy and the top European leaders were on American soil, seated in the White House at President Trump’s invitation. Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom, President Emmanuel Macron of France, Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy, Prime Minister Alexander Stubb of Finland, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte all dropped what they were doing and rushed to Washington. They did not wait for a Brussels summit. They did not call for a European Union conference. They came straight to Washington because the President of the United States called them, and when President Trump calls, the world comes.

This sequence alone tells the story. On Friday, Putin landed in Alaska and was greeted by the strength of the American military. On the flight home, President Trump personally called Zelenskyy from Air Force One. Over the weekend, President Trump displayed calm authority by playing golf while critics hyperventilated. And by Monday morning, Zelenskyy and the leaders of Europe were racing to Washington to take their seats at his table.

Now comes the next step. President Trump is arranging a direct meeting between President Zelenskyy and President Putin. This will not be filtered through intermediaries or buried in endless diplomatic committees. It will be face-to-face, leader to leader. Following that, President Trump is preparing a trilateral meeting involving himself, President Putin, and President Zelenskyy. For the first time in years, the foundation for a genuine peace framework is being built, and it is being built because President Trump has forced both sides to the table on his terms.

Predictably, the media has already sought to diminish these accomplishments. Axios describes the Air Force One call as “difficult.” The Washington Post insists the Alaska summit was “symbolic.” The same pundits who spent years falsely calling Trump a “Russian puppet” now cannot admit that Putin has flown to America to meet with him while European leaders are scrambling to Washington at his invitation. The same critics who staged impeachment hearings over a phone call with Ukraine are now pretending that these calls and face-to-face meetings are meaningless. The hypocrisy is plain to see.

While the media indulges in theatrics, President Trump is making history. Putin has come to the United States. Zelenskyy has taken his call. Europe’s leaders have rushed to Washington. A direct Zelenskyy–Putin meeting is being arranged, and a trilateral summit is on the horizon. These are not signs of weakness. They are the unmistakable marks of strength, authority, and vision.

The truth is undeniable. President Donald J. Trump has once again asserted his dominance on the world stage. By choosing Alaska as the meeting site, he sent a powerful signal of sovereignty and control. By calling Zelenskyy directly from Air Force One, he demonstrated decisiveness. By golfing through the weekend, he projected calm assurance. And by bringing Europe’s leaders rushing to Washington, he proved once again that he alone commands the attention and respect of the free world.

When history records the path to peace, it will remember that President Trump set the terms, controlled the pace, and brought the world to the table. That is leadership. That is statesmanship. And that is why President Donald J. Trump remains the indispensable man of our era.

Perry O. Hooper Jr. is the Founder of LetThePeopleSpeak.us. A longtime Alabama Republican figure, former Alabama Legislator and Montgomery businessman, he served as Co-Chair of “Alabama Trump Victory” in 2016, and served as an at-large delegate to the Republican National Convention. He is a noted civic leader in Montgomery with deep family roots in Alabama’s legal and political history.

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