Trump appears not to know the difference between making a deal and making peace
US president’s efforts under harsh spotlight as Rwanda-DRC deal and Thailand-Cambodia mediations waverFor the sake of anyone confused by Donald Trump’s apparently supernatural abilities as a global peacemaker – for which he was given the inaugural (and perhaps only) Fifa “peace prize” –...
<p>US president’s efforts under harsh spotlight as Rwanda-DRC deal and Thailand-Cambodia mediations waver</p><p>For the sake of anyone confused by Donald Trump’s apparently supernatural abilities as a global peacemaker – for which he was given <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/05/fifa-peace-prize-trump-world-cup-infantino">the inaugural (and perhaps only) Fifa “peace prize”</a> – current events have intervened to offer some clarification.</p><p>Trump has claimed a number of dubious diplomatic successes on the international peace front, among them a freshly signed deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, mediating in Thailand and Cambodia’s deadly border dispute, and the Gaza “ceasefire”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/08/donald-trump-difference-making-deal-and-making-peace">Continue reading...</a>
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