President Donald Trump is heading toward the November midterm elections with several major foreign-policy challenges still unresolved, raising questions about his promise to bring more peace and stability abroad.
The war with Iran has reached a costly standoff, while conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza remain unsettled. Trump’s efforts to secure wider peace deals have also produced limited results so far.
Trump returned to the White House promising to be a “peacemaker,” making foreign-policy achievements a major part of his second-term agenda. But with the midterms approaching, voters may judge his record against the continued conflicts and rising costs associated with his foreign policy.
His administration points to what it describes as several diplomatic successes, but critics argue that many of those efforts have failed to produce lasting settlements.
With control of Congress at stake in November, Trump now faces the challenge of convincing voters that his foreign-policy approach is delivering results.