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Trump’s Board of Peace is all hat, no cattle, to no one’s surprise [Op-Ed]
Trump, who named himself the board’s chairman for life, predicted it could become “one of the most consequential bodies ever created,” and might eventually replace the United Nations. Five months later, the board has produced little beyond a charter and a few security personnel.The Board of Peace held its first and, so far, only meeting in February at the renamed “Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.” The board contains a smattering of mostly authoritarian states. America’s closest allies, including most European nations, Canada, Australia, Japan and South Korea, have taken a pass.
At that inaugural meeting, member states pledged $7 billion for Gaza reconstruction, and Trump promised an additional $10 billion in U.S. funds. To date, only $23 million has materialized, and no major reconstruction or security contracts have been awarded.
And the board is emblematic of Trump’s M.O.: announce sweeping new initiatives, often outside established channels, promise extraordinary results, and then shift attention before those initiatives can be measured against reality.
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