While the Biden administration spent four years appeasing Iran and alienating our allies, the Trump-Vance team is busy rebuilding America's global standing — one strategic partnership at a time.
Vice President JD Vance touched down in Baku, Azerbaijan on Tuesday and walked away with a signed strategic partnership agreement that cements U.S.-Azerbaijan relations for years to come. This is what real diplomacy looks like, folks.
A Partnership That Will 'Stick'
"This agreement will formalize that partnership and make it very clear that the United States-Azerbaijan relationship is one that will stick," Vance declared after signing the historic document alongside Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
But the Vice President didn't come empty-handed. He announced the U.S. will be shipping new naval vessels to Azerbaijan to help protect their territorial waters — a concrete commitment that shows America is back to supporting our allies with more than just empty words and photo ops.
President Aliyev praised the agreement as the result of six months of hard work and specifically thanked President Trump and his administration for "their contribution to peace in the Caucasus." You won't hear that kind of gratitude from world leaders who spent four years dealing with the chaos of the Biden regime.
The Trump Route: Peace Through Strength
Perhaps the most exciting development? Air Force Two flew along the planned route of the new "Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity" — or TRIPP — a corridor that will connect Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan exclave through Armenian territory.
This is President Trump's vision in action: not endless wars, not nation-building disasters, but practical infrastructure that promotes peace through economic connectivity. It's the kind of forward-thinking diplomacy that the globalists at the State Department never could have imagined.
"We are learning to live in peace," Aliyev said. After decades of conflict in the region, those words carry real weight — and they're being spoken because of American leadership under President Trump, not despite it.
A Lighter Moment
Vance even managed to get a laugh in during the proceedings, noting that Azerbaijan's Vice President also happens to be President Aliyev's wife. "Hopefully that doesn't give the Second Lady any ideas," he quipped.
This is the kind of confident, personable diplomacy that builds real relationships — a far cry from the bumbling, scripted embarrassments we endured during the previous administration.
The bottom line? While Democrats in Washington obsess over manufactured scandals and media-driven hysteria, the Trump-Vance administration is quietly racking up wins on the world stage. Strategic partnerships, military aid to allies, and visionary infrastructure projects that promote peace.
This is what America First foreign policy actually looks like, Patriots. And it's only year one.