Policy group praises Trump’s 100 global wins since taking office, from cartel crackdowns to peace deals

EXCLUSIVE: A caller study released Wednesday from Polaris National Security details what the radical says are 100 overseas argumentation achievements from President Donald Trump’s 2nd term. The papers is organized chronologically, starting with his instrumentality to bureau successful January and tracking each large overseas argumentation determination done the contiguous day.

The report, titled "100 Trump Foreign Policy Wins From 2025 the Media Wants You to Miss," is an advocacy and argumentation investigation papers that reflects the authors’ valuation of U.S. overseas argumentation developments implicit the past year. 

"Since January, the Trump medication has moved with historical gait to reconstruct America’s spot and security," the study states, arguing that the medication has emphasized deterrence, confederation burden-sharing and nonstop engagement with adversaries.

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Venezuelan person Nicolás Maduro brandishes a sword during an lawsuit astatine the subject academy successful Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

Venezuela and Western Hemisphere strategy

The study groups respective Venezuela-related actions into what it describes arsenic a broader U.S. argumentation displacement successful the Western Hemisphere. It highlights expanded counter-narcotics operations disconnected Venezuela’s coast, including airstrikes connected maritime vessels linked to organizations specified arsenic Tren de Aragua and the National Liberation Army. The campaign, called Operation Southern Spear, is described arsenic underscoring a committedness to "defending the homeland from the influx of fentanyl and different illicit drugs ravaging American communities."

The medication besides raised the U.S. reward for accusation starring to the apprehension of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to $50 million, citing a nationalist announcement from Attorney General Pam Bondi accusing Maduro of cardinal engagement successful narcotics trafficking. Venezuela has rejected the allegations. Polaris links these actions to the 2025 National Security Strategy, calling it "the astir important hemispheric reorientation of U.S. overseas argumentation successful decades." 

Cale Brown, seat of Polaris National Security and erstwhile State Department main lawman spokesperson, said the administration’s posture marks a reset connected the planetary stage. "President Trump has taken the satellite signifier by storm, reasserting American spot aft 4 years of weakness," helium said.

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President Donald Trump met with 7 hostages freed from Hamas captivity astatine the White House successful July, 2025. (Photo provided by Hostages Families Forum)

Gaza ceasefire and hostage releases

A important conception of the Polaris study focuses connected the October Gaza ceasefire, which it calls a cardinal diplomatic breakthrough involving the United States, Israel and Hamas. According to the document, the statement "secured an contiguous ceasefire and the instrumentality of each surviving hostages," including Americans, with 1 hostage inactive unaccounted for. It besides outlines plans for captive exchanges, Gaza’s demilitarization, an planetary stabilization force, transitional governance and large-scale reconstruction.

The study besides highlights a November U.N. Security Council ballot successful which a U.S.-led Gaza solution passed 13–0, with Russia and China abstaining. The solution is described arsenic providing "an planetary ineligible model for the adjacent signifier of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire."

Additionally, the administration’s prohibition connected U.S. payer backing for UNRWA is noted, citing U.S. concerns implicit alleged ties betwixt immoderate unit and Hamas. UNRWA denies organization engagement successful terrorism, portion U.S. officials accidental the determination was based connected nationalist information considerations.

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Smoke rises from the gathering of Iran's state-run tv aft an Israeli onslaught successful Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 16, 2025.  (AP Photo)

Iran atomic strikes 

The study cites U.S. subject strikes carried retired successful June against Iranian atomic facilities utilizing B-2 bombers and bunker-buster munitions, framing the ngo arsenic impervious that the United States "will not tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran." Iran denies pursuing a subject atomic program.

Nathan Sales, a distinguished chap astatine the Atlantic Council and erstwhile State Department counterterrorism coordinator, said the medication views determination diplomacy chiefly done the lens of countering Tehran. "The Trump medication gets that the Iranian authorities is the cardinal root of unit and instability crossed the Middle East," Sales said.

A B-2 bomber arrives astatine Whiteman Air Force Base Mo., Sunday, June 22, 2025, aft returning from a monolithic onslaught connected Iranian atomic sites connected Saturday.  (David Smith/AP Photo)

However, immoderate analysts accidental the administration’s grounds presents crisp contrasts. Foreign argumentation expert and editor-in-chief of the Foreign Desk Lisa Daftari said that portion Trump has delivered connected respective strategical priorities — including beardown enactment for Israel, violent redesignations, assertive enactment against cause cartels and renewed momentum down the Abraham Accords — different moves warrant person scrutiny.

"This grounds is tempered by concerning diplomatic overtures that impulse caution. The characterization of Syria's president arsenic ‘young, charismatic pugnacious guy’ appears premature fixed unverified claims astir severing ties with violent organizations—particularly troubling successful airy of caller attacks connected U.S. servicemen. Similarly, the administration's attack to Turkey and Saudi Arabia suggests a willingness to widen spot and strategical concessions that whitethorn transcend what these relationships warrant, perchance squandering leverage connected captious issues similar the Abraham Accords. Whether these calculated diplomatic gambles output strategical gains oregon beryllium costly remains an unfastened question. The existent measurement of this overseas argumentation doctrine volition yet beryllium connected however these relationships and decisions unfold successful 2026."

President Donald Trump speaks during a media league astatine the extremity of the NATO acme arsenic Foreign Secretary Marco Rubio, right, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen, successful The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

NATO defence spending commitments

The study besides points to commitments made astatine the NATO acme successful The Hague, wherever confederation members pledged to rise defence spending to 5% of GDP by 2035, acold supra the longstanding 2% benchmark. The papers says the pledge followed sustained U.S. unit for "fairer burden-sharing among allied nations."

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US President Donald Trump (C), Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (L) and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan show the statement they signed successful the State Dining Room of the White House successful Washington, DC connected Aug. 8, 2025. US President Donald Trump said Friday that Armenia and Azerbaijan were committed to a imperishable bid arsenic helium hosted a White House acme with the leaders of the 2 South Caucasus nations, which person fought for decades. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Armenia–Azerbaijan bid pledge

The study highlights an August statement signed astatine the White House by the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan aimed astatine ending the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The declaration includes commitments connected borderline security, determination transit routes and economical practice involving the United States.