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Trump says ‘everybody’ wants to be on Board of Peace
Trump has just started speaking in Davos, claiming “everybody” wants to be a part of his Board of Peace.
He says he will continue to “work with many others, including the United Nations”.
- The president said, “We are going to be very successful in Gaza,” adding that he would ensure Gaza was demilitarised and “beautifully rebuilt”.
- He also falsely claimed that the US “maintained the Gaza ceasefire, delivered record levels of humanitarian aid” and “you don’t hear” about Palestinians in Gaza starving any more. Israel has regularly violated the ceasefire, killing more than 480 Palestinians, and impedes aid delivery.
- He said the world was “richer, safer and much more peaceful” than it was before he began his second term, ticking off a list of world conflicts he claims to have successfully ended.
- Next up on Trump’s list is Hezbollah in Lebanon. “We have to do something about that,” he said.
- Trump also criticised the United Nations, joking that it has “tremendous potential” but that “I never spoke to the United Nations about any of” the eight conflicts he sought to fix.
- As the first year of his second term has just ended, the president returned to his refrain that “no administration in history has achieved such a sweeping turnaround in 12 months time” and bragged about the US economy.
US President Donald Trump, centre, signs the Board of Peace charter during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, 2026
Trump claims 59 countries are involved in efforts to bring peace to Middle East. The statement by the US president suggests those 59 countries have expressed support for his proposed Board of Peace.
On the subject of Gaza, he said: “If Hamas doesn’t do what they promised they will do – I think they probably will – but they were born with rifles in their hands.”
Trump added: “They have to give up their weapons, and if they don’t do that, it is going to be the end of them.”
US President Donald Trump also repeated his claim that he has settled eight wars since returning to office.
Speaking in Davos about Iran, Trump pointed to US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites last June, claiming they had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear capacity. He added that Tehran “does want to talk, and will talk”.
Trump also referred to US operations against ISIL (ISIS) in Syria, saying “many good things are happening,” and claimed that threats to Europe, the US and the Middle East “are really calming down”.
“Just one year ago, the world was actually on fire,” he said. “A lot of people didn’t know it.”
Rubio praises Trump’s ‘courage to dream the impossible’
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has spoken after Trump at the Board of Peace conference in Davos, as the US president sat at the centre of a gathering of representatives of 19 countries that have signed on to the charter.
Rubio said Trump is willing to speak to anyone in what he described as the pursuit of peace.
“We are here today because of President Trump’s vision,” Rubio said.
He added that “a few months ago, people thought it was impossible to solve”, referring to ongoing conflicts, and said that “all these hostages being held [in Gaza] – nobody thought that would come to a resolution”.
Rubio went on to argue that existing institutions had been unable to act, saying Trump instead had “the vision and the courage to dream the impossible”.
