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00:04 Report by / Ralph Martin
00:07 Donald Trump / US President, January 20, 2026

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US President Donald Trump has long distrusted international institutions. Now he's announced his own.

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SOT Donald Trump, US President:
"We just created the Board of Peace which I think is going to be amazing. I wish the United Nations could do more. Wish we didn't need a board of peace but the United Nations; you know with all the wars that I settled, the United Nations never helped me on one war. "

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The Board of Peace was originally supposed to be part of Phase Two of  Trump's Gaza Peace Plan. Along with an 'executive board' and a team of Palestinian technocrats, the Board would oversee difficult aspects of the peace plan like disarming Hamas and beginning reconstruction in Gaza.

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But now it's become a work in progress with an expanding mission. It seems that Trump himself is the only one who knows what's really happening as the invitations go out. HE is lifetime chairman of the Board. Even the White House webpage on the Board still refers to the reconstruction of Gaza, but the US has sent out a draft proposal to world leaders, saying it will “embark on a bold new approach to resolving global conflict." There's a $1 billion fee to become a permanent member. 

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The list of who's been INVITED - to join contains an odd mix of world leaders. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already accepted. There's Belurussian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, Russia's Vladimir Putin. And... Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose country is fighting a bloody war with Russia. 

Several countries have already signaled they WON'T take part or have said flat-out no - including traditional US allies France, Italy and Norway. 

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The United Nations has failed to stop or even mitigate multiple conflicts in recent years, including Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza. Time will tell if Trump's board of peace can do better - or if it becomes a billionaire's club where nations and leaders pay to play.

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