Trump on a high after ‘tremendous’ wins at home and abroad

Donald Trump’s week started with an explanive on the antenna when he lost his cool in the face of his growing frustrations with Iran and the Tremblant ceasefire of Israel.

He ended with a radiant American president holding court to the White House – not one, but twice – while celebrating a series of important political victories in the country and abroad.

Trump was in a triumphant mood, answering questions for more than an hour at a press conference that turned into a list of control of his achievements.

Here is an overview of four big victories this week, as well as a reminder of certain things that have not completely passed.

The successful American strike on Iranian nuclear installations on June 21 was followed three days later by the announcement by Trump of a “Complete and total” ceasefire in what he called the “12-day war” between Israel and Iran.

He had a difficult start. Shortly before the announcement, Iran pulled ballistic missiles in an American air base in Qatar, arousing fears of a wider war through the Persian Gulf.

Even after the ceasefire, things seemed tenuous. The two parties were quickly accused of having broken it, which prompted an angry tirade and expligating to journalists on the lawn of the White House.

By his own admission, Trump has only managed to convince Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel other attacks on Iran.

But finally, the ceasefire held up, allowing the president to proudly claim that his military bet of an “incredible” strike on Iran has worked, and emphasizing that he is a “craftsman”-a cruelly necessary victory while peace continues to elude him in Gaza and in Ukraine.

Trump was on their way to the Netherlands for the NATO summit when he received a text from the NATO secretary general, Mark Rutte, praising him for Iran’s strikes – the president’s texts were more than happy to make public.

During his swirling visit to the top, American allies have been 5% defense spendingSomething that the president had asked several times and vocally.

Then, during a joint press conference, Rutte jokingly referred to Trump as “dad”, a reference to the president being able to negotiate a cease-fire between Israel and Iran.

Trump seemed to kiss the nickname.

“I think he loves me. If he doesn’t … I will come back and hit him hard,” said Trump at a press conference, Secretary of State Marco Rubio laughing next to him. “He did it very affectionately.”

Shortly after, the White House published various videos of a victorious appearance Trump with the legend “Daddy’s Home”.

Trump’s week ended on a high note with the news that the Supreme Court made a decision that will limit the power of judges to block its orders on a national level.

Although the decision stems from a case concerning Trump’s ability to put an end to the citizenship of the birth law for the children of certain immigrants, it has radical implications. It will be more difficult for the lower courts to challenge Trump’s inner agenda through what the Attorney General Pam Bondi described as an “endless dam” of the injunctions.

During an impromptu press conference, the president welcomed the decision as a “monumental victory for the Constitution, the separation of powers and the rule of law”.

The decision allows him to pursue a number of other political elements which had been thwarted by injunctions, in particular freezing funds for the so-called “sanctuary cities” which oppose his mass deportation campaign, to suspend the resettlement of refugees and to prevent tax funds used to finance gender surgery.

The president smiled and made jokes, inviting journalists to ask more and more questions, while his aid – including press secretary Karoline Leavitt – sat down next to him.

“It was a huge victory, and we had huge victories,” he said at the end. “But it was a huge victory today.”

On Friday afternoon, Trump met the foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, which signed a peace agreement earlier in the day to end decades of fighting between the two neighbors.

More details are rare and the previous peace agreements in the region have failed – but which has not dissuaded the American and Congolese presidents to train this as a generational victory.

“Today, violence and destruction end, and the whole region begins a new chapter of hope and opportunity,” said Trump.

The agreement also helps the US government and US companies to access critical minerals in the region.

“I was able to bring them together and sell it,” said Trump. “And not only that, we get a lot of mineral rights for the United States.”

During his previous press conference, Trump admitted that he knew little details about the conflict, which is far from the minds of most Americans.

“I’m a bit out of my league … because I don’t really know,” he said. “I know one thing. They went there for many years and with machetes.”

The week was not all the victories and the roses for Trump.

The greatest legislative priority of the president – a massive tax bill which he nicknamed the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” – struck roadblocks.

Trump has repeatedly urged the legislators to put it in his office to connect to July 4, the day of independence in the United States.

But earlier this week, The Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth Macdonough, said that Certain provisions have violated the rules of the Senate, throwing billions of dollars in doubts.

“This is part of the process. This part is part of the functioning of the US Senate,” said Karoline Leavitt earlier this week. “But the president is categorical to see this bill on his office here at the White House by the day of independence.”

And while Trump praised the ceases in Iran – as well as those in Central Africa and last month between Pakistan and India – as victories, he has so far weakened on two of his greatest promises for peace: in Gaza and Ukraine.

“We are working on this one,” said Trump about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine at the Friday’s press conference, where he did not mention Gaza.

Even the end of American military participation in Iran is not guaranteed.

During the press conference, the BBC asked Trump if he planned to bomb Iran if he thought he would restart their nuclear program.

“Of course, without a doubt, absolutely,” he replied.