US EditionFACT FOCUS: Trump Says He Has Ended Seven Wars. The Reality Isn’t so Clear Cut
Donald Trump claims to have ended seven wars by leveraging economic sanctions and diplomacy, though experts question the extent of his direct involvement in ceasefires and peace agreements.
- During an interview on Fox & Friends on Tuesday morning, Former President Donald Trump alluded to ending seven wars, having previously boasted of settling six deals this year without specifying the conflicts.
- Trump's repeated boasts since his Scotland trip reflect his ambitions to be seen as a peacemaker aiming for a Nobel Peace Prize, as PolitiFact notes he claims ending wars 'at about one a month' while also posting he `won't get a Nobel Peace Prize for this`.
- U.S.-Brokered arrangements included a June 23 'Complete and Total CEASEFIRE' between Israel and Iran and a June 27 peace deal signed by Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
- Some leaders praised Trump while experts pushed back, noting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el‑Sisi lauded him, Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani credited him on July 10, yet foreign policy experts see no evidence of his direct negotiation.
- Despite U.S. claims, military escalation on June 21 and rebuffed mediation by India and officials like Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi signal enduring tensions in regional disputes such as Ethiopia's GERD.
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He's said it several times, and on Monday he said it again at the White House, in the presence of Volodymyr Zelensky. US President Donald Trump claims to have already ended six (or even seven) wars. Which one does he mean, and is what he says true?
Fact check: Has Trump ended 7 wars after coming to power? Check truth behind his viral claim
After coming to power in White House, US President Donald Trump has projected himself as a global peacemaker claiming to have ended many wars. During a recent meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders this week, Trump repeated that he has been instrumental in stopping multiple wars but didn't specify which. "I've done six wars, I've ended six wars, Trump said in the Oval Office with Zelenskyy. Later he said,…
Trump says he’s ended 6 (or 7) wars. Here’s some context. - West Hawaii Today
President Donald Trump often says that he has resolved multiple wars since taking office in January and that he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. “I’m averaging about a war a month,” Trump said in July in Turnberry, Scotland.
The U.S. president is a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize and claims to have ended six wars since his return to power, but he is a little bit more comfortable with the numbers.
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