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Last night on The Ingraham Angle, former Trump national security adviser Victoria Coates cut through the usual Washington spin and delivered the truth Americans want to hear: Hamas has nothing to offer anymore. Her blunt assessment — that financial choke points and strong U.S. leadership forced Hamas to the table — is the satisfying result of decisive policy, not appeasement.
This outcome did not happen by accident; it came after painstaking diplomacy and pressure that culminated in a Sharm el-Sheikh summit and the long-awaited release of the remaining hostages. President Trump, standing shoulder to shoulder with regional partners, pushed for the framework that finally brought families home and compelled reluctant mediators to act.
Coates was candid about the mechanics: cutting off money and squeezing Hamas’s foreign support left the terror group unable to sustain its criminal enterprise, and regional actors like Qatar and Egypt were forced to choose between enabling terror or joining the path to peace. That same pressure came after months of hard-handed moves and tightened sanctions that changed the calculus in Gaza.
Contrast that with the dithering and equivocation we saw from the previous administration — foot-dragging that only emboldened our enemies and prolonged the suffering of innocents. Coates and other conservatives rightly pointed out that strong leadership, not moralizing lectures, produces results; when America leads with clarity and resolve, allies follow and adversaries fold.
The hard work is not over: phase two must see Hamas disarmed, reconstruction overseen by legitimate partners, and guarantees that terror won’t return to plague the region. The international summit set the architecture for reconstruction and security, but it will take American resolve and continued pressure to enforce disarmament and ensure the funds go to rebuilding lives, not terror tunnels.
Patriots should be proud that a president willing to act — not lecture — brought about a breakthrough that previous weak-kneed strategies could not. This is what strength looks like: using every tool of statecraft, from sanctions to diplomacy, to protect American interests and free the innocent. Our country must double down now, not retreat, and insist on permanent demilitarization of Gaza before any long-term normalization is considered.
To the families who suffered, to the servicemen who fought, and to the citizens who demanded action: this victory belongs to you. Stand with the leadership that prioritized results over rhetoric, and make sure Washington remembers that peace built on strength endures.
