Good Job, Mr. President
/By: The Blue Magazine Editorial Team
A breakthrough arrived in October 2025 that few believed possible. Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a U.S.-brokered plan. Guns quieted under a cease-fire. The remaining Israeli hostages came home. Israel freed nearly two thousand Palestinian detainees, many held for years. Mediators from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey helped bring both sides to the table — but it was President Trump who drove it, brokered it, and sealed it. For decades, world leaders had tried and failed. This time, peace took hold.
It happened aboard Air Force One. President Trump told reporters, “The war is over.” A reporter pointed out that Prime Minister Netanyahu had not yet used those words. Trump didn’t hesitate: “The war is over — you understand that.” The moment captured more than confrontation — it revealed how deeply some parts of the press have become conditioned to frame every development through conflict. Questioning is the duty of journalism; distortion is not. Even when the truth is clear, too many remain committed to finding a negative narrative, unable to accept good news at face value.
“The war is over you understand that”
Shortly after, the claim met reality. All twenty living Israeli hostages were freed after two years in captivity. Israel released nearly two thousand Palestinian prisoners as part of the first-phase exchange. Humanitarian corridors opened. The cease-fire held. These are not slogans; they are facts! Two sworn enemies, bound by grief and mistrust, released captives and gave the world a pause in bloodshed. For the first time in years, actions spoke louder than promises.
If those who hate each other most can see the light, America can too. Yet too many at home remain hostage to bias and misinformation — unable to admit when something good happens simply because of who achieved it. We’ve allowed politics to imprison honesty. The same courage that brought captives home in Gaza is the courage America now needs to tell the truth about its own leader. For years, critics painted Trump as chaos incarnate, unfit for diplomacy. Now that peace has begun to take hold — with hostages returning and the guns finally quiet — many who once preached compassion have fallen silent.
Where are the voices that once filled headlines demanding justice? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib. Their public reactions so far have been muted — silence that lands louder than speeches. They’re mentioned here not to attack, but because their voices once defined the public outcry for peace. If they were loud in war, they should be loud in peace. In Gaza and Israel, enemies freed hostages. In America, it’s time to free our own — from the grip of selective silence and the comfort of false narratives.
“If those who hate each other most can see the light, America can too. ”
The Nobel Peace Prize this year went to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado — a worthy laureate. But prizes and magazine covers don’t free people; actions do. Hostages came home. Prisoners walked free. The war stopped — at least for now. History remembers outcomes, not narratives.
The Blue Magazine asks a fair question of those who once filled the airwaves demanding peace — Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Tlaib: what exactly is left to evaluate? The facts are in. The hostages are home. The war is over. What more must be studied before saying the words every American should be able to say: “Good job, Mr. President.”
President Trump is no stranger to peril. In July 2024, an assassin’s bullet struck his ear during a campaign rally — a near-fatal moment later confirmed by federal investigators. He’s endured indictments, ridicule, and relentless attacks, yet he continues to stand.
You don’t have to be deeply religious to wonder how a man who’s been shot at, indicted, and written off so many times still stands — and now delivers peace. Maybe it’s grit. Maybe it’s grace. But one has to ask: is there something larger at work here?
“Trump isn’t the story. Peace is. But peace wouldn’t have happened without our President, Donald J. Trump.”
This is bigger than politics. It’s bigger than parties. This moment doesn’t belong to one man — it belongs to everyone whose life will no longer be threatened by rockets, raids, or revenge. It belongs to humanity. It belongs to a world that, even for a brief moment, exhaled.
Trump isn’t the story. Peace is. But peace wouldn’t have happened without our President, Donald J. Trump.
Editor’s Note
Behind the scenes, The Blue Magazine had the honor of interviewing President Donald J. Trump in 2023 — a conversation arranged by the late Commissioner Bernard B. Kerik, our top senior advisor and cherished mentor. Commissioner Kerik, who served as New York City’s Police Commissioner during the September 11th attacks, embodied courage and loyalty — values that remain central to this publication.
The interview was conducted by The Blue Magazine’s lead journalist, George Beck, under Commissioner Kerik’s guidance. It had been scheduled months in advance, long before anyone could have known that it would coincide with the day the President was indicted and scheduled to be arraigned in New York. On the morning of the interview, many expected a call to postpone or cancel. That call never came. President Trump kept his commitment — a quiet act of steadiness that revealed the same resolve seen throughout his public life. It was a moment that reflected discipline under pressure and strength of character — qualities that Commissioner Kerik deeply respected and lived by himself. His legacy continues to guide The Blue Magazine today.
