How Trump’s first year in White House will be shaped by one goal – and world will have to respect his new red lines
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DONALD Trump's first year back in the White House will have one main goal - and his success or failure will define the world's future for the years to come. The 78-year-old Republican's key aim as the world rings in 2025 will be to "end wars", according to top political analyst Alan Mendoza.
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Mendoza, executive director of the Henry Jackson Society, told The Sun Trump will be focused on "deal-making" as he looks to reshape the world and put America First. Ukraine and Russia, the Middle East and roiling tensions around China in East Asia will all be in Trump's firing line as seeks to deliver a message of peace through strength.
![[France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky pictured after a meeting in Paris in December 2024]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2024-trump-makes-first-international-955696439.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
“Trump ends wars. That’s his message, and that will likely be his goal for 2025. “What that means in practice, we’re unclear at this stage. "But if you look at past practice, it’s the idea of some kind of deal where he says, 'I’m going to create a deal that brings wars to an end, that brings enemies together, whether they like it or not. I’m going to be the arbiter of peace'.".
![[Trump chatting with Vladimir Putin as they attend an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ summit in 2017]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/chats-russias-president-vladimir-putin-912772366.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
This deal-making approach could have far-reaching consequences, especially in hotspots like Ukraine, the Middle East, and East Asia. Mendoza added: “We’re already seeing positioning taking place in Ukraine, with President Zelensky and President Putin trying to get their ducks in a row before Trump takes over.
![[Trump meets with North Korea's tyrant Kim Jong Un at the start of their US-North Korea summit in 2018]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2019-panmunjom-south-korea-u-637006791_cf85bf.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
