Trump’s Board of Peace is now formally established

The Board of Peace is one that is described as an “international organisation” meant to promote stability, peace, and governance of “areas affected or threatened by conflict”. The idea first came about as part of Trump’s second phase in having brokered the ceasefire plan in Gaza during September last year.

Obviously, Trump will serve as the chair of the board as he is the one who created it. But that said, he’s not shying away in his speech in saying that he is “honoured” to serve as the head of the organisation.

The main concern with this establishment is that it would serve to undermine the United Nations (UN). There’s certainly merits to that argument, as this supposed “international” board has only select members. And to sign up, one must agree to serve a three-year term to begin with before having to pay $1 billion for a permanent seat. According to sources, that money will go toward rebuilding Gaza. Well, we’ll have to see I guess.

So far, Trump has only managed to lure a mix of key Middle Eastern players and mostly Trump-aligned governments to get on board. The former being the likes of Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar, UAE, Pakistan, Türkiye, as well as Indonesia from South East Asia. In Europe, there’s Hungary, Albania, Kosovo, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and more importantly Belarus – who is a key ally to Russia.

Besides that, the board also sees member participation from Argentina, Paraguay, Vietnam, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan.

If you notice the pattern, there are no big names so to speak. From the European region, France, Italy, and the UK are among the big names to have outright rejected the invitation from Trump. Meanwhile, Sweden and Norway have both also declined to join.

And if you must know, the charter states that Trump will be “chairman for life” and has exclusive authority to extend invites, adopt any resolutions, and change up the board’s mandate/structure without consultation.

Trump says that: “The world is a region.”

And I believe that says a lot about how this whole thingamajig is going to be run.

This article was written by Justin Low at investinglive.com.