“Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan.” That old maxim has rarely felt more relevant than in the aftermath of today’s extraordinary news: Israeli hostages are coming home and hostilities are, for now, ceasing. It’s a diplomatic breakthrough of historic proportions—orchestrated by President Donald Trump—and predictably, the usual suspects on the Left are scrambling to decide how to spin it.
The fringe hardliners went the obvious route: dismissal. Whether it’s the “From the River to the Sea” crowd, pro-Palestinian agitators who’ve never hidden their contempt for Israel, or socialist keyboard warriors who think diplomacy is just colonialism with better lighting, they had no applause to offer. For them, hostages coming home is apparently not a win—because the wrong president helped make it happen.
I share the joy of the families and of the Israeli people as seven hostages have just been handed over to the Red Cross. My team and I had recently met their parents.
Eitan Mor, Gali and Ziv Berman, Matan Angrest, Omri Miran, Alon Ahel and Guy Gilboa-Dalal are safe.…
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) October 13, 2025
But the more subtle maneuver came from a different breed of operator: the opportunists.
Suddenly, international leaders who couldn’t run fast enough to condemn Israel during the worst days of the war are now lining up to clap politely and grab a slice of the credit pie. Europe, in particular, stands out for its performative approval. Nations that have bent over backwards to appease radicalized, unassimilated populations—who cheered Hamas in the streets of Paris, Berlin, and London—are now tripping over themselves to post statements celebrating peace and freedom.
Keep their names out of your jew-hating mouth.
— Amy Mek (@AmyMek) October 13, 2025
We even saw sanitized “me too!” declarations from leaders who spent the last year passively endorsing a narrative of moral equivalence between terrorist kidnappers and a sovereign nation trying to survive.
And then there’s the Biden administration.
Keep the hostages names out of your mouth you duplicitous POS. You’re still funding the Pay For Slay Program that will give the Palestinian terrorists released from prison annuities for attacking Jews.@POTUS, @SecRubio, and @netanyahu need to sanction you into oblivion. You’re…
— Hashem (@HashemAllMighty) October 13, 2025
True to form, the White House released a tepid statement congratulating “all parties involved” while subtly implying that the seeds of success were planted under their watch. Never mind that the entire Trump peace framework was rejected outright by Biden’s foreign policy team when they took office. Never mind that they spent months empowering Iran—the world’s biggest state sponsor of terrorism—and sending mixed signals on Israel’s right to self-defense.
Now, with Trump on the tarmac en route to Israel to celebrate the success of a deal he architected, Team Biden is trying to retroactively insert themselves into a narrative they never believed in. It’s as hollow as it is predictable.
I share the deep feeling of relief as hostages are released today.
It is now crucial that we work together to implement President Trump’s peace plan for Gaza. pic.twitter.com/fKDJm0AHTC
— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) October 13, 2025
But here’s the reality: the world saw who got it done. The Trump administration has now added another hard-won diplomatic win to its record—one that echoes the Abraham Accords, a deal the media said was impossible until it wasn’t.
