Donald Trump Stands Strong, Europe Stands Weak

As Israel continues to fight for its survival against the terrorism of Hamas, there has been one leader unwavering as an immovable friend: US President Donald Trump. While the world dithers, dawdles, or worse, emboldens Hamas with empty words, Trump has drawn a fiery red line. His words to Hamas were brief and pungent: Release all the hostages instantly or face the consequences. Unlike the feeble diplomatic overtures of the European powers, Trump’s stance is neither one of moral equivalence nor of complexity: Terrorism will not be tolerated. Antisemitism will not be negotiated. Israel will be given what it needs to get the job done.

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Hamas has devoted generations to wiping out Israel and the Jews. Under Trump’s leadership of America, days like those are ending. Trump’s message wasn’t delivered in fuzzy diplomacy or hollow “ceasefire” rhetoric Hamas adores. No, Trump’s threat was clear: Not one of the members of Hamas will feel secure if you do not fulfill my requirements. This is not rhetorical politics. It is a promise that Hamas’s terrorist state, its exploitation of Palestinian civilians as human shields, its romanticization of Jew-hatred, and its hostage policy will not be rewarded but overthrown.

On the other hand, the German response to Hamas has been one of ambivalence and conditionality. As German officials reconfirmed their support for Israel, their actions would speak louder than words. The German government would typically lead its military aid with qualification and diplomatic hedging, appealing for “de-escalation” while Hamas continues to hold hostages and shower civilians with rockets. Germany renewed its call for a “two-state solution” and “dialogue.” How is dialogue possible with a terrorist state whose charter is predicated upon the annihilation of Israel? Appeasement in this vein, down the centuries, has had only the effect of furthering the aggressiveness of Israel’s enemies. Israel doesn’t need moral instruction, it needs to see action.

Whereas his European partners only spoke for Israel, never supporting it with action, Trump’s never was symbolic, it is always accompanied by action. He brokered the Abraham Accords during his first term, traditionally normalizing Israel’s relations with major Arab countries. Whereas previous US administrations played diplomatic games, Trump delivered real peace agreements that made Israel’s situation more robust without conceding an inch to terrorists.

And now, in 2025, he has again broken from decades of US practice by directly intervening to obtain the release of Jewish hostages held by Hamas.

Trump did not hold back, he intensified. Compare that to the German response: the usual cycle of denunciation, followed by calls for restraint, followed by inaction.

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Israel is not fighting a war; it is fighting for the right to be permitted to exist in a world where antisemitism is on the rise. Hamas, Iran, and their academic and diplomatic enablers in the West’s universities, at the United Nations, and on the streets of Europe do not desire “peace” or “justice”; they want Israel’s destruction.

Trump knows this reality, so his blunt support is not merely preferable to Germany’s covert diplomacy; it is necessary.

Israel does not require a lecture when crises arise. Israel requires action, determination, and friends who come through. Germany can persist in walking the tightrope of diplomacy, with each step on either side leading to disaster, but Trump has shown to be that friend whom Israel can depend on, not merely today, but when the future of the Jewish nation is at stake.