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Eight Nations Join Trump's Board of Peace, Britain Declines

Eight Nations Join Trump's Board of Peace, Britain Declines

Eight Nations Join Trump's Board of Peace, Britain Declines
Above: President Donald Trump meets with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office on Nov.18, 2025. Image credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

The Spin

The Board of Peace is a necessary correction to international institutions that have failed for decades to resolve conflicts or guarantee security. It grants Trump sustained leadership authority and enforcement power while requiring billion-dollar commitments for permanent seats, creating a results-based structure that replaces hollow multilateral rituals. By looking beyond Gaza and engaging powerful leaders directly, the board seeks to restore stability through leverage rather than norms, where the existing rules-based international order has repeatedly failed.

Trump’s so-called Board of Peace marks a dangerous power grab that bypasses established international institutions and concentrates authority in one man’s hands. It grants him indefinite chairmanship with veto power while demanding billion-dollar payments for permanent seats, creating a pay-to-play scheme that undermines the U.N.’s multilateral framework. With no mention of Gaza despite its stated purpose, and invitations extended to war criminals like Netanyahu, Blair and autocrats like Putin, the board risks hollowing out the rules-based international order.

Metaculus Prediction

There is a 10% chance that the Gaza war will end and significant progress be made towards a two-state solution before 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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