"Wielding a golden gavel and a playlist featuring the Beach Boys, Donald Trump ushered in a new era of international humiliation at the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-led Board of Peace."
"The new body, while established by Trump, has been tasked by a UN Security Council resolution to administer Gaza's reconstruction efforts."
"Trump has demanded that world leaders pony up $1 billion for a permanent seat on the ostensible peacekeeping body, even as he defunds the actual peacekeeping mission of the United Nations, which he has suggested his new institution will supplant."
"But any lingering doubts about the president's lack of interest in peace were fully wiped away by his multiple references to bombing Iran during the Board of Peace's first meeting, which took place in the newly branded Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace."
A U.S.-led Board of Peace was inaugurated with Trump presiding and theatrical elements such as a golden gavel and Beach Boys music. The board has been tasked by a UN Security Council resolution to administer Gaza's reconstruction efforts, while Trump signaled ambitions to oversee or supplant UN institutions. Trump demanded $1 billion from world leaders for permanent seats on the body even as funding for UN peacekeeping was cut. Palestinians and solidarity activists denounced the board as a farce that sidelines Palestinian autonomy. Trump referenced potential bombing of Iran and pressured Iran toward U.S. negotiations.
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