Trump’s Ukraine Peace Critics Have Been Wrong for Decades

As President Donald Trump works to bring peace to the war-torn Russia-Ukraine region, his fiercest critics aren’t exactly offering credible alternatives. According to Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO), those voices of doubt are the same failed “experts” who’ve been dead wrong about nearly every major foreign policy decision for the last 30 years.

In an interview on Fox News Sunday, Schmitt came out swinging in defense of Trump’s Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling it a necessary step toward diplomacy even if the Washington elite don’t like it.

“The people who are most critical have been wrong for the last 30 years about every single foreign policy issue under the sun,” Schmitt said, pointing specifically to former Biden National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.

Jake Sullivan oversaw the Biden administration’s chaotic, humiliating withdrawal from Afghanistan, which left 13 American service members dead and handed the Taliban billions in U.S. equipment. He also stood by while Russia invaded Ukraine, claiming the region was “quieter than it’s been in two decades” just days before Hamas slaughtered civilians in Israel.

Schmitt didn’t mince words. “These Wilsonian adventurers who think America can be everywhere all at once all the time have been wrong about everything.”

In contrast, Trump’s approach is focused, deliberate, and effective. His meeting with Putin, followed by this week’s high-level talks with Ukrainian President Zelensky and European leaders, represents a diplomatic process grounded in real-world strategy not Beltway fantasy.

Here’s what’s actually happening:

• Trump’s Alaska summit initiated a phased peace effort, not a photo-op, with land swap discussions and security guarantees on the table.

• Critics who scoffed at Trump’s progress are the same ones who wasted over $175 billion in Ukraine without a coherent endgame.

• Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed this week that peace requires compromise, and Trump is the only leader willing to have those difficult conversations.

“That meeting led to the next meeting, which is going to happen on Monday... That’s how the real world works,” Schmitt explained.

It’s not about “being played” by Putin. It’s about ending a brutal war through strong leadership and negotiation something the Biden administration failed to do for nearly four years while spending American taxpayer dollars like Monopoly money.

Schmitt put it bluntly. “Joe Biden was out to lunch and his only plan was to send $200 billion of American taxpayer funds over there without a plan.”

With Trump back at the center of global diplomacy, there’s finally momentum toward resolution. He’s not chasing headlines. He’s doing the hard work bringing both sides to the table and refusing to let American strength be undermined by D.C. groupthink.

Trump is proving, once again, that peace through strength isn’t just a slogan it’s a strategy. And it’s one his critics have never understood.

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