Oh, wait.
Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a comprehensive, 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza. The plan in full reads like a blueprint for a new era of peace in the Middle East.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the plan.
“I support you plan to end the war in Gaza which achieves our war aims,” said PM Netanyahu. “If Hamas rejects your plan, Mr. President, or if they supposedly accept it and then basically do everything to counter it, then Israel will finish the job by itself.”
“We are beyond very close to potentially one of the great days ever in civilization,” President Trump said.
Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Indonesia, Pakistan described Trump’s plan as a “sincere effort” at achieving peace progress in the Middle East.
“Hamas has been a ruthless and violent threat, for many years, in the Middle East!” began President Donald Trump in a social media statement posted to Truth Social earlier this week.
Trump’s plan has found support in surprising places.
“Why Qatar Changed Course on Hamas,” explained Amit Segal for the Wall Street Journal on September 30, 2025. “Doha had operated with Israeli complicity, but a strike on Qatari soil changed the equation.”
“It is too early to know if there will be an agreement to end the war in Gaza, and if so whether it will be implemented,” Segal went on. “But there is reason for President Trump’s optimism that Hamas might release hostages, give up its weapons and leave power. Change is afoot not in Gaza but in Doha — the government of Qatar is pressuring its protégés to accept the deal.”
“The regime, which thwarted the last hostage deal, changed its mind because the war has reached its home,” Segal added. “After the Israel Defense Forces operated in five Muslim capitals — Gaza, Beirut, Damascus, Sana’a, and Tehran — it hit Doha. The attempted killing of senior Hamas officials in broad daylight in Qatar signaled to the natural-gas emirate that it couldn’t continue the double game it has played in recent years. Despite the threats against Israel, the Qataris are now working to make Hamas accept the demands from Jerusalem.”
But while a cadre of world leaders hailed Trump’s plan, not everyone was a fan.
Unsurprisingly, liberal news media outlets are extremely reluctant to give Trump credit for anything, or express any optimism whatsoever for anything he does or attempts to do, no matter how much they claim to want action on the issue.
“A reality check on Trump’s Gaza peace plan,” Joshua Keating aruged for Vox this week. “Appearing with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday to present a new 20-point peace plan to end the war in Gaza, Trump declared it ‘one of the great days ever in civilization,’ and suggested he was close not just to ending the war that has been raging for close to two years — but to bringing ‘eternal peace’ after thousands of years of conflict in the Middle East.”
“That is probably slightly overstating things,” he deadpanned. “But in fairness, there were some significant developments in Monday’s announcement, in between jokes about the pronunciation of the Abraham Accords and some digs at Joe Biden’s memory lapses.”
“Trump’s Gaza plan is a significant step — but faces fundamental obstacles,” sniffed Tom Bateman for the BBC.
“Fundamental obstacles” you say? To achieving peace in Gaza? Groundbreaking journalism.
When will progressive news media outlets give President Trump credit where credit is due?
Telling the truth once and a while might help rebuild credibility and increase readership.
(Contributing writer, Brooke Bell)