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​Man of war: On why Donald Trump is no peacemaker

Donald Trump has made Israel’s war with Iran more dangerous for the region

Donald Trump is no peacemaker (शांतिदूत, सुलह कराने वाला). While out of power, he railed against America’s “forever wars”. He claimed (दावा करना) that if he were the President, the Ukraine war would never have started. The Trump base blamed America’s globalists for its forever wars. Yet, on Mr. Trump’s watch (कार्यकाल, निगरानी अवधि), Israel, Washington’s closest ally (सहयोगी राष्ट्र, मित्र राष्ट्र), began attacking Iran on June 13, 2025, even as the U.S. and Iran were still in talks (वार्ता, बातचीत). At first, Mr. Trump and his Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that America was not involved in the war, and warned Iran against targeting U.S. soldiers or bases in West Asia. Iran did not. Tehran’s response was directed solely (only, simply) at Israel, the aggressor (आक्रामक, हमला करने वाला). But a week later, when Israel was struggling to intercept (रोकना, बीच में पकड़ना) Iranian ballistic missiles (a self-propelled/rocket-propelled weapon designed to deliver a conventional/nuclear explosive warhead with great accuracy at high speed; projectile), American B2 bombers dropped (गिराना, छोड़ देना) bunker-busting (breaking bunker) bombs at Fordow, Iran’s most heavily fortified (protected, secured, ramparted) nuclear facility (सुविधा, केंद्र), while U.S. submarines (पनडुब्बी) fired Tomahawk missiles (it is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile primarily used by the United States Navy and Royal Navy. Designed for precise strikes against high-value or heavily defended targets, it can be launched from both ships and submarines. With its low-altitude flight path and advanced guidance systems, the Tomahawk can navigate complex terrain and evade enemy air defences) at the Natanz and Isfahan nuclear plants. This is now unmistakably (स्पष्ट रूप से, निर्विवाद रूप से) Mr. Trump’s war. He came to power promising peace. And in just six months, he has become a warmonger (aggressor, hawk, sabre-rattler, provoker, militarist, belligerent) and a globalist (वैश्विकवादी) aggressor.

When it comes to wars, the U.S. hardly (मुश्किल से, शायद ही) learns from its mistakes. It invaded (आक्रमण करना, घुसपैठ करना) Afghanistan in 2001, vowing (promise, swear, pledge, commit oneself, give one’s word) to destroy al-Qaeda. defeat the Taliban and “democratise (introduce a democratic system)” the country. But 20 years later, it handed it back to the Taliban. It invaded (and destroyed) Iraq in 2003, lying that Baghdad possessed (have) weapons of mass destruction. It invaded (and destabilised) Libya in 2011 in the name of (for the sake of, at the behest of, for the reason of, on behalf of) protecting Libyans from their government. In the case of Iran, America’s intelligence ((military/political) information, facts, details, particulars) agencies concluded (come to a conclusion, infer, deduce, assume, decide) in March that Iran did not have an active weaponisation (the act of making something into a weapon) programme. Iran once signed a nuclear agreement with the U.S. and other major powers and accepted checks (examination, inspection, scrutiny, assessment; control, constraint, restraint, limitation) on its nuclear programme. It was Mr. Trump who tore up the deal. Iran again joined talks with the U.S., and it was Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Prime Minister, who destroyed diplomacy (international politics, foreign affairs, foreign policy; negotiations, discussions, talks, dialogue (related to international politics)) this time. This war will have serious consequences (conclusion, development, result, aftermath, outcome, implication, repercussion, ramification) for West Asian stability (steadiness, firmness, solidity, secureness, strength) and global order. Major powers will now have less incentive (impetus, boost, stimulus, fillip) to trust Mr. Trump’s overtures for dialogue. Smaller powers will have greater incentive to join the arms (weapons of war, weaponry, firearms, guns, artillery, armaments) race for their own survival. North Korea will never give up (abandon, renounce, forgo, discontinue, desist from) its nukes (a nuclear weapon). If Iran’s regime (government) survives this storm (attack, onslaught, fight; outburst, eruption), it could seek (try, aim, attempt) to rebuild its nuclear programme. If it decides to strike (attack, hit) American bases, the war could spiral into (deteriorate, decline, degenerate, worsen, get worse) something more dangerous. Mr. Netanyahu’s unchecked (unrestrained, unconstrained, uncontrolled, unrestricted, unbridled, uncontainable, rampant, runaway) militarism, which is in part (partially, somewhat, relatively, in some measure, to a certain extent/degree) aimed at protecting his hold (grip, grasp, foothold; control, influence, leverage, authority, sway) on power at home (in one’s own country), has plunged (bring something suddenly into a particular condition or state; thrust, drive, push, force) the region into a deep security abyss (a catastrophic/disastrous/awful situation). Mr. Trump has made it catastrophically (disastrously, ruinously, tragically, awfully, terribly, deadly, lethally, fatally) worse by turning Israel’s war into America’s war. Darker days lie ahead (be going to happen in the future; to be in the future) for West Asia.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.peacemaker (noun)

Hindi Meaning - शांतिदूत, सुलह कराने वाला
English Meaning - mediator, arbiter, arbitrator, negotiator, conciliator, middleman, pacifier, peace-monger.

2.claim (verb)

Hindi Meaning - दावा करना
English Meaning - assert, affirm, avow, declare, state, insist.

3.hardly (adverb)

Hindi Meaning - मुश्किल से, शायद ही
English Meaning - almost not, barely.

4.globalist (noun)

Hindi Meaning - वैश्विकवादी
English Meaning - the politicians who support globalism.

5.watch (noun)

Hindi Meaning - कार्यकाल, निगरानी अवधि
English Meaning - term, period of/in office; period, time, stint, tenure, spell.

6.ally (noun)

Hindi Meaning - सहयोगी राष्ट्र, मित्र राष्ट्र
English Meaning - a country/state with an alliance with another one in which they promise to support each other militarily and to defend each other.

7.talks (noun)

Hindi Meaning - वार्ता, बातचीत
English Meaning - discussion, dialogue, consultation, deliberation, negotiation, parley.

8.aggressor (noun)

Hindi Meaning - आक्रामक, हमला करने वाला
English Meaning - warmonger, hawk, sabre-rattler, provoker, militarist, belligerent.

9.intercept (verb)

Hindi Meaning - रोकना, बीच में पकड़ना
English Meaning - prevent, check, block, hinder, impede, obstruct.

10.drop (verb)

Hindi Meaning - गिराना, छोड़ देना
English Meaning - put, release.

11.facility (noun)

Hindi Meaning - सुविधा, केंद्र
English Meaning - centre, station, location, premises

12.submarine (noun)

Hindi Meaning - पनडुब्बी
English Meaning - a warship submerged in the water.

13.U.S. Secretary of State (noun)

Hindi Meaning - अमेरिकी विदेश मंत्री
English Meaning - A member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The Secretary of State, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, is the President’s chief foreign affairs adviser.

14.unmistakably (adverb)

Hindi Meaning - स्पष्ट रूप से, निर्विवाद रूप से
English Meaning - absolutely, clearly, obviously, unequivocally, expressly.

15.invade (verb)

Hindi Meaning - आक्रमण करना, घुसपैठ करना
English Meaning - conquer, occupy, capture, take over, storm, attack.

16.base (noun)

English Meaning - a group of people considered as supporting an organization/party.

17.rail against (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - express disapproval of, criticize severely, denounce, protest strongly at.

18.globalism (noun)

English Meaning - planning policies on global basics.

19.solely (adverb)

English Meaning - only, simply.

20.interceptor (noun)

English Meaning - a type of fighter aircraft used to intercept & destroy enemy aircraft.

21.missile (noun)

English Meaning - a self-propelled/rocket-propelled weapon designed to deliver a conventional/nuclear explosive warhead with great accuracy at high speed; projectile.

22.cruise missile (noun)

English Meaning - it is a guided missile that flies with constant speed to deliver a warhead at specified target over long distance with high accuracy.

23.ballistic missile (noun)

English Meaning - a missile, which is shot from the ground, takes a long distance to travel well outside the atmosphere and falls to the earth to explode on its target (due to the gravity).

24.B2 bomber (noun)

English Meaning - The B-2 Spirit bomber is built in a bat-like design with radar-absorbing materials. So, on radar, the aircraft operated by a two-pilot crew appears like a small bird. The aircraft was developed by Northrop during the Cold War, which later became Northrop Grumman. A multi-role bomber capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear munitions. The B-2 has a crew of two pilots, a pilot in the left seat and mission commander in the right.

25.bunker (noun)

English Meaning - reinforced underground shelter.

26.bust (verb)

English Meaning - break, shatter, fragment, disintegrate, smash.

27.bunker-busting (adjective)

English Meaning - breaking bunker.

28.Bunker buster (noun)

English Meaning - a term used to describe bombs that can penetrate deep below the surface before exploding. It’s believed to be able to penetrate about 200 feet (61 meters) below the surface before exploding,

29.fortified (adjective)

English Meaning - protected, secured, ramparted.

30.fire (verb)

English Meaning - launch, shoot.

31.Tomahawk missile (noun)

English Meaning - it is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile primarily used by the United States Navy and Royal Navy. Designed for precise strikes against high-value or heavily defended targets, it can be launched from both ships and submarines. With its low-altitude flight path and advanced guidance systems, the Tomahawk can navigate complex terrain and evade enemy air defences.

32.warmonger (noun)

English Meaning - aggressor, hawk, sabre-rattler, provoker, militarist, belligerent.

33.vow (verb)

English Meaning - promise, swear, pledge, commit oneself, give one’s word.

34.democratise (verb)

English Meaning - introduce a democratic system.

35.hand back (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - return, give back.

36.lie (verb)

English Meaning - tell a lie, tell an untruth, tell a falsehood, bluff, fabricate.

37.possess (verb)

English Meaning - have.

38.destabilise (verb)

English Meaning - undermine, weaken, impair, damage, subvert, sabotage.

39.in the name of (phrase)

English Meaning - for the sake of, at the behest of, for the reason of, on behalf of.

40.intelligence (noun)

English Meaning - (military/political) information, facts, details, particulars.

41.conclude (verb)

English Meaning - come to a conclusion, infer, deduce, assume, decide.

42.weaponisation (noun)

English Meaning - the act of making something into a weapon.

43.Iran nuclear deal (or) Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) (noun)

English Meaning - JCPOA, known commonly as the Iran nuclear deal or Iran deal, is an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program reached in Vienna on 14 July 2015, between Iran and the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) together with the European Union.

44.check (noun)

English Meaning - examination, inspection, scrutiny, assessment; control, constraint, restraint, limitation.

45.tore up past tense of tear up (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - cancel, annul, nullify, revoke, refuse to accept (an agreement).

46.diplomacy (noun)

English Meaning - international politics, foreign affairs, foreign policy; negotiations, discussions, talks, dialogue (related to international politics).

47.consequence (noun)

English Meaning - conclusion, development, result, aftermath, outcome, implication, repercussion, ramification.

48.stability (noun)

English Meaning - steadiness, firmness, solidity, secureness, strength.

49.world/international/global order (noun)

English Meaning - the arrangement of power and authority that provides the system for the conduct of diplomacy and world politics in relation to the entire world.

50.incentive (noun)

English Meaning - impetus, boost, stimulus, fillip.

51.arms (noun)

English Meaning - weapons of war, weaponry, firearms, guns, artillery, armaments.

52.race (noun)

English Meaning - competition, contest, quest, contention.

53.nuclear arms race (noun)

English Meaning - an arms race competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War.

54.give up (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - abandon, renounce, forgo, discontinue, desist from.

55.nuke (noun)

English Meaning - a nuclear weapon.

56.regime (noun)

English Meaning - government.

57.storm (noun)

English Meaning - attack, onslaught, fight; outburst, eruption.

58.seek (verb)

English Meaning - try, aim, attempt.

59.strike (verb)

English Meaning - attack, hit.

60.military base (noun)

English Meaning - a place where armed forces are stationed and military operations are conducted; it typically includes housing, training, and support facilities for military personnel.

61.spiral into (phrase)

English Meaning - deteriorate, decline, degenerate, worsen, get worse.

62.unchecked (adjective)

English Meaning - unrestrained, unconstrained, uncontrolled, unrestricted, unbridled, uncontainable, rampant, runaway.

63.militarism (noun)

English Meaning - the belief or the desire of a government or a people that a state should maintain a strong military capability and to use it aggressively to expand national interests and/or values.

64.in part (phrase)

English Meaning - partially, somewhat, relatively, in some measure, to a certain extent/degree.

65.hold (noun)

English Meaning - grip, grasp, foothold; control, influence, leverage, authority, sway.

66.at home (phrase)

English Meaning - in one’s own country.

67.plunge (verb)

English Meaning - bring something suddenly into a particular condition or state; thrust, drive, push, force.

68.abyss (noun)

English Meaning - a catastrophic/disastrous/awful situation.

69.catastrophically (adverb)

English Meaning - disastrously, ruinously, tragically, awfully, terribly, deadly, lethally, fatally.

70.turn into (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - change.

71.lie ahead (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - be going to happen in the future; to be in the future.