US EditionTrump’s Mixed Record on Ending Wars
Trump claims to have ended eight conflicts using U.S. leverage and brokered agreements despite ongoing tensions and some renewed fighting in multiple regions this year.
- On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump claimed `In 10 months, I ended eight wars`, asserting he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
- Earlier this year, Trump brokered talks by bringing Armenia and Azerbaijan leaders together on August 8 and imposed a 19% tariff to pressure peace.
- On Monday, Thailand's fighter jets struck Cambodia, derailing the fragile ceasefire Trump helped broker despite the U.S.-overseen Malaysia signing in October.
- Under pressure from the U.S., Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo leaders signed a June 27 pact and reaffirmed commitments on December 4, while fighting persists and the U.S. seeks access to Congo's critical minerals alongside sanctions on Russia's two biggest oil companies.
- Supporters struggled to name the conflicts Trump said he ended, and Trump conceded on August 18 the effort was tougher than expected, with tactics shifting between ceasefires and deals.
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The Independent
The Independent (US)President of Peace? How Trump’s claim to have ended eight wars unravelled
The US president boldly claimed to have sold thorny dispute between adversaries including Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, and Israel and Lebanon. But experts tell Alex Croft that his peace agreements do not stand up to scrutiny
The Washington Hispanic
TVNDid Donald Trump put an end to eight wars since he returned to power in January, as he claims? In practice, the balance sheet of the US President’s mediation efforts, which dreams of winning the Nobel Peace Day, is more nuanced. In addition, the conflict in Ukraine, which the Republican tycoon claimed to be able to stop “in one day” does not give a respite despite his mediation efforts. – Cambodia and Thailand – Donald Trump presented himself as…
Trump says he’s solved many wars. Has he?
President Donald Trump says he should get the Nobel Peace Prize after wading into eight conflicts since taking office in January. But the issues that caused them remain unresolved and conflict has flared again in some of the regions, including the Democratic Republic of Congo and along the border between Cambodia and Thailand.
US President Donald Trump is claiming he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for what he describes as his role in ending eight wars this year. “In 10 months, I ended eight wars,” Trump said on Tuesday. “We create peace through strength.” That includes a fragile ceasefire in Gaza that he has...
'Can you name the eight wars?' MAGA fans flail in Daily Show interview
Fans of President Donald Trump struggled to name the wars he had claimed to have stopped in a recent interview with Daily Show correspondent Jordan Klepper."I keep hearing Trump is ending wars," Klepper noted in a video posted on Thursday, "although the exact number is up for debate.""What's your fa...
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