Asked whether he wants his new Board of Peace to replace the United Nations, US President Donald Trump says, “It might.”
“The UN just hasn’t been very helpful. I’m a big fan of the UN potential, but it has never lived up to its potential,” Trump says during a White House press conference.
“The UN should have settled every one of the wars that I settled… [but] I believe you’ve got to let the UN continue because the potential is so great,” he adds.
The US originally presented the Board of Peace as an oversight body focused on Gaza, and the UN Security Council voted in November to give it a mandate to do so until the end of 2027.
But the Board of Peace charter sent to potential members last week makes no mention of Gaza and indicates that the US would like the panel of world leaders to become the world’s preeminent conflict resolution body.
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