A claim of resolving six wars in six months was publicly asserted while hosting Ukrainian and European leaders at the White House. A White House response later listed seven conflicts said to be resolved: Armenia-Azerbaijan; Democratic Republic of Congo-Rwanda; Israel-Iran; India-Pakistan; Cambodia-Thailand; Egypt-Ethiopia; and Serbia-Kosovo. The cited achievements mix agreements from a prior presidential term, fragile ceasefires in ongoing conflicts, mediations contested by involved parties, and diplomatic resolutions of disputes that were not full-scale wars, such as tensions over a dam project, calling the completeness and accuracy of the claims into question.
I've solved six wars in six months. That was U.S. President Donald Trump's response to criticism of his role as mediator between Russia and Ukraine, just hours before receiving Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy and a delegation of European heads of state on Monday at the White House. It is also a claim that has become increasingly common in the Republican's messages from the Oval Office, in statements to the press, and in his posts on Truth Social, his social network.
The Republican counts among his achievements agreements reached during his first term, fragile truces in still-active conflicts, and even claims credit for mediations that one of the parties disputes. The list sent by the White House includes the conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, Israel and Iran, India and Pakistan, Cambodia and Thailand, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Serbia and Kosovo.
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