'Netanyahu joined Trump's Board of Peace the same day he persuaded him to attack Iran'
On February 19, Donald Trump launched his Board of Peace at the renamed Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace, claiming credit for multiple international peace deals. The board, composed mostly of American officials and allies including Tony Blair, was presented as a global body with oversight ambitions over the United Nations. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly joined the board the same day he urged Trump to attack Iran, though no countries have paid the $1 billion fee for permanent membership.
- ▪Donald Trump established the Board of Peace on February 19 at the renamed Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington.
- ▪The board includes eight American members and Tony Blair, with Susie Wiles as the only female member.
- ▪Trump claimed the board would oversee the United Nations and ensure it functions properly.
- ▪No country has paid the $1 billion required for a permanent seat on the board.
- ▪Benjamin Netanyahu joined the board the same day he reportedly persuaded Trump to attack Iran.
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It was less than three months ago, yet it already feels like a different world. On February 19 in Washington, Donald Trump unveiled his Board of Peace with great fanfare. He chose the former United States Institute of Peace, recently renamed the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace, for the ceremony, as the US president is so intent on self-celebration. The most powerful man in the world had previously boasted of having "settled eight wars in 10 months, destroyed the Iran nuclear threat and ended the war in Gaza, bringing peace [to the Middle East] for the first time in three thousand years." Trump awarded himself a lifetime presidency over this council and the right to appoint his own successor.
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