The White House and the Oval Office, in the midst of welcoming the second Trump Administration, have once again hosted scenes worthy of a big screen fiction, but perhaps even more than those that would be worthy of a sitcom in the small one. Foreign leaders who were once defended as strong allies, being . A group of evangelical pastors and others from a world power as if it were a messiah ——. Technology magnates carrying million-dollar gifts or high-ranking sports officials.
However, within the framework of a press conference, the most important room in the United States hosted a new scene that has left that mixture of stupefaction, disbelief and other people’s shame that characterizes the outbursts of the Republican president. The topic that the journalists asked about once again had the objective of knowing if there is really a possibility of this principle of agreement being produced with the Iranian authorities that would cut short the increases in the price of oil and natural gas that the Trump Executive fears so much, just a few months before the mid-term elections in November —midterm—.
This is a context in which an eventual agreement in principle in the Middle East ends with the Iranian authorities or against Lebanon, which they have invaded again—or in the Gaza Strip, where there has not been a single day without Palestinians murdered, or in the occupied West Bank. With this cover letter, Trump has responded to a question whose answer clarifies many things about his decisions at the international level.
What is a ceasefire, according to Donald J. Trump
In this sense, the video is on social networks. A fragment in which, in the midst of the bustle of political correspondents trying to get their question in, is clearly heard: “How do you define what a ceasefire is?” And, at that moment, the rest of the colleagues remain silent before Trump, who begins to give a definition that is quite far from any search in any dictionary anywhere in the world. And the latter, the geographical factor, is of vital importance in the American president’s response.
After a not inconsiderable “ehhhhhh…”, Trump began his definition with a nuance. The fact that they are talking about “a different part of the world”, from which it follows that when he refers to “world” he is referring to the US or the West. However, Trump has defined a ‘ceasefire’, “in that part of the world [Oriente Medio y Próximo]” like “when you are shooting yourself in a much more moderate way.” A brief definition that has been accompanied by a few instant laughter in the Oval Office.
According to the Oxford Dictionary, the definition of ‘ceasefire’ is “temporary suspension of hostilities” or “truce.”
It should be noted that, if you go to to check what it says about the same Anglo-Saxon term that Trump has been asked about (‘ceasefire‘), this prestigious work defines it as the “(temporary) suspension of hostilities”, “an agreement for that purpose” or “truce”. And it is also worth mentioning that Trump has announced that . Perhaps it would be appropriate for someone to ask him, both about the definition of ‘agreement’, as well as that of ‘genocide’.
