The ‘Board of Peace’ Is an Ego Trip
Chairman for life.
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The American president, in his new and additional function as chairman of a so-called Board of Peace, is about to host the leaders of some two dozen countries whom he has invited to join as members. The venue will be yet another institution he recently renamed after himself: the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.
The ostensible purpose of this inaugural meeting is laudable: the pacification and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. The board’s origins lie in Trump’s 20-point peace plan to end the war in Gaza. In November, the United Nations Security Council, the international body which bestows legitimacy on such projects, endorsed the plan and established the board, just as it has over the years birthed similar bodies to manage transitions in West New Guinea, East Timor, Kosovo and other places. So far, so good.