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Jonathan Guyer, program director at the Institute for Global Affairs, said Saturday during an appearance on MS NOW that the Washington establishment could learn from the president. Donald Trumpthe country’s “unconventional” foreign policy.
“I think the Washington establishment has something to learn from Trump’s unconventional diplomacy, totally breaking diplomatic precedent,” Guyer told the panel. “Look at his diplomats. I call them cowboy diplomats; Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, they have no experience, and yet sometimes they get things done. We’re talking about the ceasefire in Gaza. Yes, 400 Palestinians have been killed by Israel, but the cohesion is such that President Biden has failed to achieve such a ceasefire. So I think there is a lot to learn from the totally unconventional approach of the President Trump. But there are also enormous risks.
MS NOW host Catherine Rampell countered and said there were risks in having Kushner and Witkoff trading, and asked, “How do we know they are actually operating in the interest of the country, as opposed to the interests of their own pocketbook?”
U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks during an inauguration ceremony for Acting U.S. Attorney for Washington, DC Jeanine Pirro in the Oval Office of the White House, May 28, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Guyer responded: “Conflicts of interest could be rife here, and that represents a huge risk to American interests.
MS NOW host Elise Jordan criticized the Trump administration’s handling of the matter. Russia-Ukraine War and said Trump had offered “absurd” terms to Ukraine.
Guyer acknowledged his approach has drawbacks, but said bringing both sides to the table is a good first step.
Jonathan Guyer, program director at the Institute for Global Affairs, praised President Donald Trump’s “unconventional approach” to foreign policy on December 27, 2025. (MSNOW/prime time)
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“President Biden has not been able to bring these two parties to the table. And there could be a silver lining in getting a line to Putina line to Russia. You know, this is just the beginning and you will need expertise. You’ll need uncompromising diplomacy to reach the finish line. But I think it’s a good thing that we are talking with Russia because that’s the first step here,” he said.
The rest of the panel backed away and highlighted concerns about other aspects of the administration’s foreign policy, including drug boat attacks, as well as recent strike in Nigeria.
In this photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Kremlin economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev and Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, meets with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 2, 2025. (Alexandre KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
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“It’s a lot of bad news. But I think we have to focus on giving this president credit, cowboy diplomacy as risky, as dangerous as it is. As much as we want to be very critical of President Trump’s approach, we have to give him some credit,” he said.
Trump prepares to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his Mar-a-lago estate on Sunday in his latest bid to end the war. Russian and Ukrainian negotiations have repeatedly broken down over the question of where final territorial lines would lie in a peace deal.
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