When Donald Trump set foot in the Gulf, it was not just a simple diplomatic visit, nor merely to sign multi-billion-dollar contracts. It was a signal: the time of the status quo was over. No more spectator role. No more being a battlefield for others.
The Gulf countries are moving forward with a clear vision: to build a new order, based not on militias or missiles, but on innovation, cooperation, and the energy of their youth.
Smart cities are rising from the desert. Artificial intelligence, clean energy, education, and reform set the priorities.
This is not just marketing or business. It is a historic shift. A bold bet: prosperity as the only lasting stability.
But this vision remains under threat. Gaza is burning. Lebanon stands at a crossroads. Yemen is held hostage by an obscurantism of the past.
And always the same actors: Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis — armed, financed, and largely directed by the Iranian regime. Iran has not chosen peace. It has chosen destabilization. But it still has another option: to cooperate instead of control. To build instead of sabotage.
Trump was clear: the United States will defend its partners and its principles. Not to dominate, but to protect. Because peace cannot simply be proclaimed. It must be defended — with clarity, consistency, and courage. You cannot praise progress while turning a blind eye to those who attack it.
That is where the struggle lies: past against future. Chaos against construction. The Gulf has made its choice. Its youth have made their choice.
Morocco, under Mohammed VI, has also chosen this path of modernity, prosperity, and progress. Now it is up to Moroccan society as a whole — citizens, elites, and institutions — to rise to the level of this ambitious vision.
The time for speeches is over. It is the time for alignment. For action.
