Trump’s Ceasefire in Southeast Asia: Tactical Move or Overstated Victory?

President Donald Trump recently announced that he had "stopped a war" between Cambodia and Thailand by preserving a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, achieved through direct phone calls with both nations’ leaders and backed by his aggressive tariff policies. On the surface, this sounds like a diplomatic triumph—American strength compelling adversaries towards peace. But digging deeper, we find a far more complex, fragile situation with serious implications for American national security and trade interests.Is This Ceasefire a Real Win for America—or Just Another Temporary Band-Aid?The clashes erupted over longstanding territorial disputes rooted in colonial-era maps—a problem no amount of phone diplomacy can truly...