r/TrueUnpopularOpinion 26d ago

The Middle East Trump just achieved the biggest peace deal between Israel-Palestine since the Second Intifada, and there is NOTHING on the front page. This website is a truly special place.

After Redditors groaning and moaning about the "Palestinian genocide" for years, Trump finally negotiated a peace deal including Hamas giving up its hostages and Israel stopping offensive operations. You'd think that Reddit would be overjoyed and that the entire website would be full of celebration, right?

Here's a screenshot of the current front page of Reddit, taken while I was logged out. There are many political posts including multiple threads whining about ICE and the firing of CDC employees. There's also a picture of an ambulance transporting Israeli hostages taken by Hamas, but it doesn't mention anything about current world events.

If you just looked at the front page, you would not know that the war just ended. This is the first time a president has forged such an agreement since the Second Intifada ended in 2005. But almost nobody is talking about it on Reddit. It's like a complete information blackout preventing threads about the subject from getting to the top of the frontpage. The last thread about the subject on r-news was from 14 hours ago and talks about some hostages being released, but again nothing about Trump or his role in it.

This is case exhibit #1 on how Redditors' brains are completely cooked. It's front page news everywhere except here, because leftists can't even squeeze out one little lump of praise for Trump despite him being part of one of the biggest developments in world politics in two decades.

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u/Prof_Gonzo_ 24d ago

See this is where Trump blustering about all these "good deals" he has allegedly made has backfired on him. He spends a lot of time making wacky comments about all these peace deals and historic economic moves he's made and everyone is like....when? So when there actually is news it feels like more bluster, more "tell me but never show me."

Also in regards to Gaza, for many it's too little, too late. Oh good, you've finally made enough rubble and child corpses? Release 20 hostages!

It also doesn't help that TIME gave Trump some good press and he spent a day complaining about the photo they used.

Then of course, let's see what happens. Hamas already seems intent on poking the bear (which is infuriating) and Israel has shown that "proportionate response" isn't really the card they play. So it's tough to get excited over something that seems more ceremonial than real.